Tom McMahon

Directory Opus, A Really Terrific File Manager

Directory Opus, A Really Terrific File Manager

It's worth the money, so give it a try.

USB Drives Made of Real Metal for Your Keyring

USB Drives Made of Real Metal for Your Keyring

A variety of styles and capacities.

iCade: The iPad Arcade Cabinet. Play Hundreds of Classic Arcade Games on Your iPad

iCade: The iPad Arcade Cabinet. Play Hundreds of Classic Arcade Games on Your iPad

The blurb:

To use the iCade, gently slide the iPad into the docking cradle. The docking cradle uses a standard 30 pin connector to link the iPad to the professional-grade arcade controls. Once the iPad is in place, launch the iCade App (available free in the App Store April 3rd) and it's game on! We didn't want to take any chances you'd run out of juice during your favorite game, so we included a 10w USB power adapter so you can charge the iPad through any electrical outlet. Now you're all set to make an uninterrupted run on the Dig Dug World Record!

via krapps.com

Steve Wozniak Waited Overnight In Line For An iPad

Steve Wozniak Waited Overnight In Line For An iPad

From krapps.com:

Ever since appearing on Dancing With The Stars, we have a new found respect for Steve Wozniak. Screw the co-founded Apple thing … or the US Festival … or contributing to the personal computer revolution … The Woz danced the Tango in competition with a pulled hamstring and a fracture in his foot – that sh*t is IMPRESSIVE!

Aside from having the balls to compete in something totally out of his element on national television, what we also really love about Steve Woz is that he’s totally cool, likeable and approachable – which is very refreshing since so many peeps of fame these days are arrogant pricks. Take for instance the present moment … Friday night – April 2, 2010 … Where’s Woz? He’s camped outside the Apple Store inside the Valley Fair Mall in Santa Clara, CA. Woz will be there all night … just like the other hardcore MacHeads … waiting to become a day one proud owner of the iPad when they go on sale Saturday at 9:00AM PST.

We’re sure Woz could’ve used his “in the biz” connections to secure his iPad … but dude doesn’t roll like that. In a recent Newsweek interview, Woz stated that he pre-ordered a few iPads and will be waiting in line overnight to pick them up … just for fun. LOL … that is sick. A technology industry rock star, just chillin’ in line with the general public, waiting to become an early adopter … gotta love it!

My Viewsonic Viewpad 100 eBook Project: Plastic Man Comic Books On DVD

My Viewsonic Viewpad 100 eBook Project: Plastic Man Comic Books On DVD

So enough with the highbrow stuff, time for a little recreation. For those of you unfamiliar with Plastic Man, here's the Wikipedia summary:

originally published by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Jack Cole, he first appeared in Police Comics #1 (August 1941). One of Quality Comics' signature characters during the Golden Age of Comic Books, Plastic Man can stretch his body into any imaginable form. His adventures were known for their quirky, offbeat structure and surreal slapstick humor. When Quality Comics was shut down in 1956, DC Comics acquired many of its characters, integrating Plastic Man into the mainstream DC universe. The character has starred in several short-lived DC series, as well as a Saturday morning cartoon series in the early 1980s, and as a recurring character on Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

Although the character's revival has never been a commercial hit, Plastic Man has been a favorite character of many modern comic book creators, including writer Grant Morrison, who included him in his 1990s revival of the Justice League; Art Spiegelman, who profiled Cole for The New Yorker magazine; painter Alex Ross, who has frequently included him in covers and stories depicting the Justice League; and Frank Miller, who included him in the Justice League in the comics All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder and Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again.

Don't confuse Plastic Man with Elongated Man. Again, a bit of the Wikipedia summary:

The Elongated Man (Randolph "Ralph" Dibny) is a fictional comic book superhero in the DC universe. He is a reserve member of the Justice League. His first appearance was The Flash vol. 1, #112 (May 12, 1960).[1] He was partially created by Julius Schwartz, who noted he only created the character because he didn't realize DC Comics had acquired Plastic Man in 1956.

Don't you just love big companies? There's something eternal about the way they operate.

My Viewsonic Viewpad 100 eBook Project: LIFE Magazine on CD-ROM

My Viewsonic Viewpad 100 eBook Project: LIFE Magazine on CD-ROM

Mostly it's just the covers from 1936 to 1972, which is perfect.

TinyApp SwWeek: A Program That Displays The Calendar Week In The SystemTray

TinyApp SwWeek: A Program That Displays The Calendar Week In The SystemTray

And if the mouse pointer is over the calendar week, the calendar week and the current day of the year is displayed. Freeware. Just 18K. And yes, it's available in English, too.

More tiny programs like this at http://tinyapps.org

My Viewsonic Viewpad 100 eBook Project: Classics Illustrated Comics on DVD

My Viewsonic Viewpad 100 eBook Project: Classics Illustrated Comics on DVD

Available at http://www.a-zcomics.com/ or their eBay Store for a little over $10.

My Viewsonic Viewpad 100 eBook Project: Old-Time Radio

My Viewsonic Viewpad 100 eBook Project: Old-Time Radio

Did you know you can buy the entire collection of CBS RMT for about $20? And if you don't have any OTR shows, you could buy the Old Time Radio Ultimate Collection for about $30. 

My Viewsonic Viewpad 100 eBook Project: How Do You Find and Buy Old Versions of Software?

My Viewsonic Viewpad 100 is 10 years old and runs Windows CE 3.0. Just as the desktop/laptop world has moved on from Windows 95, nobody makes software for it anymore. I've found an old version of some software that works great, but it expires in 30 days. I go to the company web site and they don't offer it for sale anymore (they probably haven't in years). I'm not complaining, really. But doesn't this sound like a business opportunity for somebody who can satisfy both the software vendors and the old version customers? This scenario must play out hundred of times a week across this great, great land of ours. Maybe even Canada too.