Should You Get A PSPgo?

Posted 02/10/2009 by

With the new PSPgo being released, it brings up the question of whether it’s a worthwhile upgrade. Between the new UMD-less form factor and the 16GB of storage, at first glance it seems to be but it’s not quite that simple.

How To Make Winterboard Themes

Posted 01/10/2009 by

In this tutorial, I give a good look at how to SSH themes off your device, mix and match different files such as Icons and Backgrounds and show you how to put them back on your device and look at the final product.

WinSCP download (Windows): http://winscp.net/

CyberDuck download (Mac): http://cyberduck.ch/

Garik Israelian: What’s inside a star?

Posted 01/10/2009 by

http://www.ted.com Garik Israelian is a spectroscopist, studying the spectrum emitted by a star to figure out what it’s made of and how it might behave. It’s a rare and accessible look at this discipline, which may be coming close to finding a planet friendly to life.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Tim Brown urges designers to think big

Posted 30/09/2009 by

http://www.ted.com Tim Brown says the design profession is preoccupied with creating nifty, fashionable objects — even as pressing questions like clean water access show it has a bigger role to play. He calls for a shift to local, collaborative, participatory “design thinking.”

Karen Armstrong: Let’s revive the Golden Rule

Posted 30/09/2009 by

http://www.ted.com Weeks from the Charter for Compassion launch, Karen Armstrong looks at religion’s role in the 21st century: Will its dogmas divide us? Or will it unite us for common good? She reviews the catalysts that can drive the world’s faiths to rediscover the Golden Rule.

Must Have Cydia Applications: WbApp

Posted 28/09/2009 by

WbApp is a very nice add-on to WinterBoard that allows you to preview themes before you have to install them and have to wait for a respring. It doesn’t work perfectly for all themes, but if you want a quick look at a theme it can save you a lot of time.

Parag Khanna maps the future of countries

Posted 28/09/2009 by

http://www.ted.com Many people think the lines on the map no longer matter, but Parag Khanna says they do. Using maps of the past and present, he explains the root causes of border conflicts worldwide and proposes simple yet cunning solutions for each.

Horror Racing Application Review

Posted 26/09/2009 by

Horror Racing is a very interesting top-down racing game, featuring some good graphics, a somewhat childish monster theme and a genuinely fun racing experience. While most of the modes are entirely straightforward, the biggest problem is the price, which is $2.99. This would do much better as a $0.99 application, but if you’re interested there is a lite version to try out.

Jacqueline Novogratz: A third way to think about aid

Posted 26/09/2009 by

http://www.ted.com The debate over foreign aid often pits those who mistrust “charity” against those who mistrust reliance on the markets. Jacqueline Novogratz proposes a middle way she calls patient capital, with promising examples of entrepreneurial innovation driving social change.

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