http://www.tipb.com/2011/05/26/1password-datavault-iphone-fight/
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85 Tool Swiss Army Knife: Giant, Useless, Amazing | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
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This brobdingnagian contraption is called, not surprisingly, the Giant Swiss Army Knife. Wenger, the inventor of the iconic pocket tool, has made this special edition to celebrate its 100th anniversary, and has rendered the device thoroughly useless by packing in every single blade ever featured in one of its knives – all 85 of ‘em.
It weighs almost three pounds, cost almost $1000, and comes in a presentation box (because nobody has a pocket big enough). The only thing missing is a USB drive, although it makes up for this by having both a key ring and a “second key ring”.
"Save" Lego creations in digital photos as wall art
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"Save" Lego creations in digital photos as wall art
In the spirit of decluttering without destroying your kids' artistic masterpieces, here's a brilliant two-fer Lego hack, from Michelle:
Hack #1: If you have a child that likes to build Lego creations, but wants to keep them together forever, here is a solution! Take a photo of the creation and then you'll have a record of the creation and can break the bricks down and reuse them for the next creation.
Hack #2: I placed my son's Lego creations in front of a white sheet for a backdrop, took a photo with our digital camera and then printed 8x10 photos and hung them in simple black frames. They look great in his room and he is proud of his creations!
Knowing how passionate some kids are about Legos, this hack strikes me as a major problem-solver.
What do you do you with your child's beloved but bulky construction projects?
Potty training inspiration: make custom underwear decals!
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Potty training inspiration: make custom underwear decals!
Becky titled this hack "Inspiring underwear." I say: inspired underwear for those who are looking to motivate beginning potty-trainers:
They say you should let your potty-training child pick out some big-kid underwear at the store so that he/she is inspired to keep them dry for potty training. But when I took my son shopping, all the underwear designs featured characters he didn't know. I thought, "Man, I wish they sold underwear with Winnie the Pooh (his favorite bedtime stories) or Little Bear (his favorite DVD)." Then I saw a package of plain white undies and was inspired.[Inspiration comes from unlikely places, eh? -- Ed.]
I downloaded images of all my son's favorite characters and saved them in a single document using the Paint program that came preloaded on my computer. I resized the images so they would fit properly on my son's underwear (I printed test sheets to make sure).
Once they were the right size, I printed them white iron-on transfer paper, available at any office supply store. I cut out each image and followed the directions on the package to iron it onto the plain white underwear I had bought in bulk. Voila! A collection of underwear with all my son's favorite characters, made on the cheap, and they looked as good or better than the stuff available at the store.
The whole process was actually much easier than it sounds. I'm a working mom and I did it in one evening. My son loved them! Now, almost a year later, he's still excited about picking out his underwear in the morning.
Are those tighty-whities adorable, or what?
More: Potty training hacks
Teacher Appreciation Week flash cards (free printable)
Teacher Appreciation Week flash cards (free printable)
It's the middle of Teacher Appreciation Week at my daughter's school and I...really appreciate the teachers. But I haven't exactly shown it. Apparently, neither did my friend Marlynn of Urban Bliss. The difference is, she whipped out these adorable flash cards, which she has made available as a freely-printable PDF.
Read the full post to see how the entire set looks together, and to print some for yourself.
At Urban Bliss Life: {printables} Teacher Appreciation Week Flash Cards
iPad Claims 82% of U.S. Installed Tablet Market, Eating Into Other Devices - MacRumors.com
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Media research firm Nielsen today announced the results of its Mobile Connected Device Report survey for the first quarter of 2011, determining that Apple held a dominating 82% of the installed base for tablets in the United States during the quarter. The survey found 3G-capable iPads slightly more popular than non-3G models, 43% to 39%, with the Samsung Galaxy Tab proving the most popular competitor with only 4% of the market.
Google’s Free Predictive Software - Quentin Hardy - At Your Servers - Forbes
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Google expects to put predictions everywhere.
The company just quietly announced that a prediction API will be added to its cloud developer suite of products. That means that people can build software that analyzes data being uploaded to its online storage, then suggest actions as new data comes in.
The initial uses are likely to be in things like Web page design (you increase the parts people are looking at, and rethink the others) or sentiment analysis in online marketing. But if the service holds up, other more complex applications will probably come along.
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