
Super Duper
February 20, 2008 by madBADcat
Filed under Editor's Choice, The Short List
If the biblical prophets had been cyberculture visionaries like William GIbson & Bruce Sterling, they might have named the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse "Complete Data Loss":
"And when he opened the fifth seal, I heard the voice of the fifth living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a trojan horse! And its rider’s name was Data Loss, and Hardware Failure followed him…."

Shoeboxed.com
February 19, 2008 by madBADcat
Filed under The Short List
Lurking in and around my house, there is a most heinous form of pulp vermin. On my hard drive there is a folder , appropriately named "receipts", that holds PDF copies of the email receipts contained in another folder inside my mail app. In my TV cabinet, I have a drawer the size of a microwave full of 2007 receipts as well. The thought of even thinking about approaching these nests of rapidly- fading thermal-printed mayhem is so intimidating that I have been practicing the fine art of avoidance and denial.
During a particular tough practice session, I googled "best way to organize receipts" hoping to run across a magic wand that would paste up, organize, and mutate this scandalous evidence of my lifestyle into tax information.
Wow. I found one. »»

Brian Gardner’s Revolution
February 19, 2008 by madBADcat
Filed under The Short List
Not exactly an app but I know I can’t live without it. I am trying to figure out ways to incorporate it into all my projects. My new best digital toy…





