ART OF THE GREETING CARD
Posted on February 21st, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
YOUTUBE TIPS AND TRICKS
Posted on February 20th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
Making a “playlist” in YouTube is a great way to provide an evening’s worth of entertainment without ever getting up to change the video.
Search for a video or performer you’d like to watch. We searched on “Danny Kaye.” Click it and then click “add to” the “Danny Kaye playlist.” Then search for another,
click “add to,” and add it to the playlist you already created. Now whenever you go to YouTube.com you’ll see your playlist off to the side. They also keep track of any video
you liked enough to click “like.”
Making a “playlist” in YouTube is a great way to provide an evening’s worth of entertainment without ever getting up to change the video.
Search for a video or performer you’d like to watch. We searched on “Danny Kaye.” Click it and then click “add to” the “Danny Kaye playlist.” Then search for another,
click “add to,” and add it to the playlist you already created. Now whenever you go to YouTube.com you’ll see your playlist off to the side. They also keep track of any video
you liked enough to click “like.”
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APPS FOR ART’S SAKE
Posted on February 18th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
“Famous Paintings” is a free Android app with paintings by Matisse, Homer, Uccello, Velasquez and dozens of others. Tap to zoom in once, then spread your fingers to zoom more. The details are remarkable. (Bob once visited a home in Morocco with $25 million worth of paintings in the entrance hall: A row of Fragonards on one wall and Watteaus on the other. Raphael was in the study. Now Joy has seen some of them too.)
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SUPER CHEAP TABLETS
Posted on February 16th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
NUMBERS REPORT: STREAMING
Posted on February 15th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
Consumer research outfit NPD.com projects that within two years, 40 percent of households will get TV, movies and apps from a streaming stick plugged into their TV. So far there are five: Apple TV, Roku, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV and Walmart’s new Spark. This is a hot area for innovation and we can expect fast and wide development; basically, everything is going to come from the Internet.
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ANOTHER WAY TO ESCAPE CABLE TV
Posted on February 13th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
More and more people are getting TV channels without paying a monthly cable bill, often called the movement to “cut the cord.” Now Walmart has entered the fray, with its $25 “Vudu Spark.” The Spark comes with its own remote control and plugs into the USB port on your TV or laptop. It comes pre-loaded with the Vudu movie and TV app, and that’s it. But it’s $10 less than the Google Chromecast and comes with a $25 credit for Vudu movies. The downside of these movie and TV-streaming sticks is you have to pay for most of the things you watch. You don’t have to pay much, but obviously it adds up depending on how much watching you do. […]
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TEMPORARY TATTOOS
Posted on February 11th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
“Picattoo“ can turn your Instagram photos into temporary tattoos. Twelve ink-transfer tattoos cost $15. Start by going to Picattoo.com and sign in to Instagram. You can either take a new picture with your phone or choose one you’ve already stored in your photo gallery. Back at Picatoo.com, choose the photos you want to make into tattoos. Our favorite example was a photo of a cute dog. The ink is high quality and looked almost as detailed as the original picture.
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A FLIP OF THE WRIST
Posted on February 10th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
GAME MUSIC
Posted on February 9th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
You can create a musical score made up of the kind of music and sound effects you hear in adventure games and save it to any application you wish, even making weird sounds for your cellphone. This is free for the month of February from Syrinscape.com if you feel like trying out their new beta version (pre-market release) of the Syrinscape Fantasy Player.
FREE STORAGE FOR CHROMEBOOKS
Posted on February 8th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach