Trying to get back into the groove,

So I have been neglecting this blog for a bit. I so should get back to updating. So many things rattling around my head that it never makes it anywhere.

Another Christmas has come and gone. Merry? Yeah. Had some good times. Disappointed? No. Friends and family were great as usual. Got a new phone this time. No. Not the Galaxy Nexus that I am still kinda drooling over. I did get the Samsung Stratosphere which to people who pay attention to these things is basically a rebranded Samsung Epic 4g from Sprint. 18 month old design. Is it the latest and greatest? No. But for the things I do, its perfect. In fact when the Epic came out on Sprint, I was like "ooohh". Too bad I didn't want to switch carriers at that point.

Ok. Lost my train of thought...

BumpTop: 3D desktop fun!

Author: Bump Technologies, Inc.
Date: 2010-02-27
Size: 17.6 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win7/Vista/XP

BumpTop™ is a fun, intuitive 3D desktop that keeps you organized and makes you more productive. Like a real desk, but better. Now with awesome mouse and multi-touch gestures!

Your desktop doesn't have to be a boring graveyard for lost and forgotten files anymore! Transform it with BumpTop. Create the desktop that suits your needs and style.

Piles are how we organize on our real desks but computers force us into rigid, hierarchical folders. Piles are lightweight, flexible and its easy to see what's inside. Let order evolve naturally or quickly get a mess organized with a pile, you’ve got options.

BumpTop piles work like in the real world. Toss items at a pile to add them or pop them into a grid, flip through them with your scrollwheel or fan out a pile to quickly see what’s inside. Converting between folders and piles is seamless too.

BumpTop makes your pixels come to life. Grab, toss, pile and sort your icons and watch them respond with stunning lifelike motion simulated with nVidia PhysX, a gaming grade physics engine. Your flat desktop will pop with BumpTop's saucy 3D visuals and new organization possibilities.

Reduce keystrokes with BumpTop's elegant, intuitive gesture system. Gesture in any direction with the dynamic Pie Menu to instantly invoke a command, eyes free. Or lasso select and manipulate items in a single, fluid stroke with the LassoMenu.

Got a touchscreen or tablet computer? BumpTop's physical effects are even more captivating as icons move under your finger like they would in the real world. Flick through piles, toss icons at widgets to get stuff done, use fluid gestures to advance photo slideshows or manipulate stuff.


Project has been acquired by Google in 2010 and is no longer in development.

Another way to help organize: Thinkery

To help organize all those webpages that you visit. I sometimes remember to copy the URL and paste them to a Notepad text file, but as anyone who has used this method will know, you start having several of these text files scattered all over your hard drive and flash storage. Some will have duplicates, others will be missing the bookmark that you are in need of.

Combine all your chat clients

From the homepage:

IM all your friends in one place

Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once.

Free Studio: Software to handle all your video and audio conversions

From the homepage:

Description

New Free Studio Manager is a completely redesigned all-in-one package for our programs. It contains 8 sections to bundle all free multimedia applications which have been developed by DVDVideoSoft. These sections the following: YouTube, MP3&Audio, CD-DVD-BD, DVD&Video, Photo&Images, Mobiles, Apple Devices, 3D. Thus all the programs are included in the new interface for easy access to any of them.
With this free software you can convert video and audio files between different formats and to iPod, PSP, iPhone, BlackBerry and all popular mobile phones and devices; burn and rip DVDs and audio CDs; upload and download YouTube videos and music to your computer, iPod, PSP, iPhone and BlackBerry; perform basic editing of audio and video files as well as record videos and make snapshots.

The new Garo series

I haven't figured out "why" I like this series. Or even the original series. But I do.

How To Get The New YouTube Homepage Right Now

Credit to ghacks.net