I recently took down all of my Siteframe-based websites. Because of the innovative nature of some of the technology (if I may be so bold), I’ve written up a brief history of Siteframe for your perusal.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks to the kindness of Santa Claus, I received a Kindle Fire for Christmas. Here are some of my first impressions.
First, as many others have noted, this is not really intended to be a generic tablet device aimed at toppling the iPad’s dominance of the market. It really is an upgraded Kindle with enhanced abilities to consume Amazon’s content: books, music, and video. It performs those tasks extremely well. Moreover, you can install selected apps from the Amazon App Store, so I can also view my Netflix movies in addition to the Amazon ones. Should I need to, I can check my email, though it must be said that the setup and usage is a sad disappointment to those of us who are familiar with Apple’s flawless execution in that department.
Let me expand on that point a bit: Apple’s iOS does things so well, users come to expect it. My primary email is on Google Apps; when I set it up in iOS, I specify “Gmail” as the provider, give it my email address and password, and voila! everything is set up perfectly. On the Kindle, I have to fill out an entire page of information, supplying the IMAP and SMTP server names and choosing authentication methods (Plain? CRAM_MD5?). Once set up, however, it worked fine.
Jake wishes his fans a “Merry Christmas” with his version of the classic “Silent Night.”
Paul Celentano over at Etsy is back to his mad schemes, this time with an Optimus Prime ukulele for only $550.
As he says, “This instrument is made to order. And i do have a waiting list. Please contact me for info about time of completion.”
It’s a great time of year to be a ukulele player. I assume you’ve memorized all the classics; if not, here is a link to the best downloadable ukulele songbook I’ve found on the Internet:
It’s got a nice mixture of pop tunes as well as the old standards. Enjoy!
The ukulele has come front and center to the middle of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Sort of. Amanda Palmer wrote the song (which emphasizes “art is not hard”) and has recorded it for download via Bandcamp. Click through for a live video and all the gory details.
Here’s an excellent collection of links to downloadable ukulele songbooks.