Resources for installing Boxee on an Apple TV.

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/10/set-your-apple.html

I just downloaded the iPhone/Wordpress app and wanted to test it out. I am very curious about how it handles photos so here is one totally un-related to this post.

Rules, the genious additions really are a great feature…

If you’re one of the lucky growing number of Mac owners out there you can now send free SMS text from your Mac. There has long been a widget allowing Mac users to send sms text cleverly named SMS Mac the problem with this application (as well as Skype and others) is that you must purchase credits that are deducted every time you send a text message. The rates are right around $.10 each which makes it no cheaper (and often more expensive) to send from your Mac than it is to send from your mobile phone. Using these “solutions” you gain nothing, other than the ease of sending with a full keyboard.

I was talking with another geek friend today and we (mostly he) figured out how to send free SMS messages using Adium.

With Adium open go to File -> New Chat in the window that opens, type “+1″ (the country code – if you’re in the US) then the 10 digit phone number so +13334445555 then type your message. Once you’ve successfully sent a message your new “buddy” (phone number) will be displayed on your Adium friend’s screen. From here you can CTRL -> Click and change the number to the person’s name ie “Steve Cell”.

Hope this helps some of you.  Leave me a note if it does.

So today I decided that it was time to take the plunge. I replaced the Blackberry Curve 8300 (Curve) with an Apple iPhone. I can only comment on the setup at this point, but as with everything under Mr. Job’s umbrella, it was very straightforward. Pretty much if you plug the phone in, with its included dock, iTunes opens and you go through a quick step-by-step process at the end of which, you have a functioning phone. I did the initial setup while on a conference call using my MacBook Pro. The longest part of the whole process was downloading the software to upgrade from 1.1.2 to 1.1.4 (a 162.1 Mb download).

I have yet to input my contacts and set up email, but that is next on the list, and i will be sure to report. I will definitely push the boundaries here as i will need to set up four accounts, Pantier.com, Invisible Window, GMail, and Hungry Mind.

Update – setting up mail etc was as easy as checking a few boxes in iTunes (which Apple is going to need to change the name of) – the iPhone automatically took the settings that Mac Mail uses and boom!  Everything works!

Anyone wanna buy a Curve?