Get into the Mesh
Posted on June 25th, 2008
If you’ve been hiding under some kind of rock, stone or generally heavy object you may have missed the tech preview of Live Mesh from Microsoft. A “Cloud” based system which allows you to add many devices to your mesh, synchronizing data between anything that needs your data.
A really neat feature is that a PC (and soon Mac) device in your mash can be remote controlled from any machine with a browser and Internet connection.
I’m using it to sync critical code data from several developer machines so that I can work on the code from anywhere. The sync is the best I’ve seen so far in terms of backing up files. Microsoft give you a generous 5 gigs for free. Hopefully when this goes live we’ll be able to buy some more space.
Files are all transferred using SSL so should be secure (“should”) :) – anyway, nobody can view your mesh unless you give them access to specific folders which is a nice feature for sharing docs with work colleagues.
Here is a web view of a mesh Desktop:
You can get into the preview by going to http://www.mesh.com/ – invites are going out pretty quickly at the moment. I waited about a day.
Tags: mesh, microsoft
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Why Vista still Sux
Posted on June 12th, 2008
I hate to sound like I’m just jumping on the band wagon with another Vista rant, the Internet already has enough of those :) but this is just one of those damn stupid things that I just can’t let go, simply because every time I try use my camera I get the dreaded driver disk screen.
Once you’ve been using Vista for awhile you’ll find a few gems that’ll make you want to just stick it out but man, after almost 2 years you would think it was better than this.
So here is the low down. I have a Pentax A20 digital camera – nothing unusual there. Ever since I switched to Vista I’ve been able to just plug my camera in via USB and copy off my images, even using Vista’s new image manager. This camera has no drivers – non were ever made since it uses a generic drive. (SD Chip) – Well last week I plug my camera in and whamo … now Vista says it needs drivers for a device that has NO freaking drivers. No way around it, no fix, no drivers to download – Vista just lost the freaking plot and now I have to take out the SD chip each time I want my pics….
Bravo MS bravo …
Tags: Vista
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Mafooku Mobile Released!
Posted on June 1st, 2008
Could this be any easier!? – Take a picture of the item you’re selling with your phone, surf straight to http://www.mafooku.com/mobile/ and post your item directly to our system, picture too! The mobile site is super simple so that it works on all mobile devices. It also remembers your basic information so that future posting is very easy.
If you need help using any of these new features recently released, send us a note at
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Mafooku now on Facebook
Posted on June 1st, 2008
We have released our Mafooku application on Facebook. Adding this application to your profile will let you view the top 10 directly from the facebook system as well as post products which appear to all your friends. All posted products as usual get sent to our main site as well as the Twitter system for those that follow us there.
To add the application just search under applications for Mafooku!
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