I finally got around to setting up a media server so I can access all my movies, music and photos from any of my TVs, computers and even my iPhone – my own little cloud.

I found some pretty good server software, Tversity and am trying the free version. It was pretty easy to configure and can now stream video, photos and music from my my network drive and all of my computers to my Xbox 360, my DVRs [sort of] and even my iPhone.

If I can get it working on my DVR consistently I will probably upgrade to the pro version to get additional streaming content from sites like Hulu. Unfortunately DirecTV‘s use of networked streaming media is only in beta and is very buggy. You need a server like Tversity to transcode video on the fly to be able to watch movies in formats other than MPEG2. Who uses that format anymore? Read the full post »

I love technology. This app is awesome, especially if it is real.

The stupid news is that Apple has not approved it. Hopefully they put it on Cydia if Apples continues to be stupid.

tawkon monitors and analyzes your mobile phone radiation so you can “talk on” as usual and receive smart prompts to avoid radiation just when you need to.

tawkon achieves this with our RRI™ (Real-time Radiation Indication) patent-pending technology that collects and analyzes your phone’s dynamic SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) levels, network coverage, location, environmental conditions and phone usage at any given moment. RRI leverages Smart Phones unique capabilities including GPS, accelerometer, proximity sensors  and others to help minimize radiation exposure during mobile phone usage.

We’ve all heard about mobile phone radiation, but now there’s a smart way to control your exposure to cellular radiation and continue using your mobile phone  responsibly.. Radiation levels emitted from mobile phones are dependent on many dynamic factors. Read the full post »

The online collaboration tool, crocodoc.com is now free. I tried it out this afternoon after reading about it on Techcrunch and it’s pretty cool.

Sharing and reviewing documents and presentations with others can be quite a pain. crocodoc was built to change that, alleviating the need to email attachments back and forth, print and pass around hard copies, or install expensive collaboration software.

crocodoc takes your PDFs, Word documents, and PowerPoint presentations, and lets you view and mark them up online. Documents can be shared with others, who can collaboratively highlight or strikeout text, add notes and comments, and make revisions. All files are stored securely on our servers, and can be password protected and encrypted for maximum security.

http://crocodoc.com/

Cool engadget.com piece:

Google’s been doing some pretty slick stuff with QR codes lately, and now it looks like The Weather Channel’s getting in on the fun — it’s running a little on-screen graphic prompting Android owners to download their app by scanning their TV screens. Sure, it’s not the craziest thing in the world — it just takes you to a webpage — but it’s certainly fun, and one of the more mainstream uses of QR codes we’ve seen in a while. Check the video after the break.

Great post on Techcrunch. The image says it all: