Remote surveillance with Skype and Fring

Posted: November 24, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: apps | 2 Comments »

Fring just announced their client now support Skype video calls on symbian mobile phones.

If you have an always-on computer at home (and a webcam), you can set up a Skype client on an auto-answer and auto-video mode.
To check out what’s going at home, just initiate a Skype video call.  Pretty neat!

How to make Growl notifications show up in your secondary monitor

Posted: November 10, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Random | Tags: , , | Leave a comment »

If you’re using Growl and have more than one monitor, here’s how to make the notifications appear on your secondary display:

  1. System Preferences->Growl
  2. Display Options
  3. Screen: 1 (or 2 or 3 etc…) – 0 is for your primary monitor.

Growl

Google Tasks as a desktop app

Posted: November 8, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: apps | Leave a comment »

Here’s how to set up Google Tasks as a desktop app:
gtasks icon

  1. Get Prism (pc) or Fluid (mac)
  2. Set up a new app using the following URL: https://mail.google.com/tasks/canvas
  3. Get a fancy icon

If you’re using Android, download gTasks from the market.

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