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Weather Bonk

Jake Bechtold | October 29, 2005

Do you like Google Maps? Are you sick of looking at just a forcast? Then this is the site for you. WeatherBonk lets you view real time weather information on Google Maps. Information available includes, weather status, temperature, radar overlays and even live webcams. Plus, you can compare forecasts …

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Dumb, Funny, and Stupid Laws

Jake Bechtold | October 27, 2005

I felt the need to take a break from tech stuff today, and tell you about an intresting website full of dumb, funny, and stupid laws. DumbLaws.com is full of weird laws for each state. For example, in North Dakota it is legal to shoot an Indian on horseback, …

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Gmail Tip: Grouped Email Adresses

Jake Bechtold | October 24, 2005

Many of you know that Gmail is my favorite email service. However, there is not a way to have a group of emails (that is, a way to send a message to multiple email adresses without haveing to enter all of them in every time.) Thankfully, via Lifehacker, there …

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New Apple PowerMacs and Powerbooks

Jake Bechtold | October 19, 2005

One week after announcing new iPods and a new iMac, Apple today came out with new PowerMacs and Powerbooks.
The new PowerMacs start at $1999 and has 2GHz processors, 512MB of RAM, and a 160GB hard drive. That, however, is the base model. The new PowerMacs support new 2.5GHz Quad-Core …

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Sorry Folks, No New PowerBooks

Jake Bechtold | October 12, 2005

It was speculated that Apple was going to come out with new PowerBooks. That obviously was not the case. Today apple released a new generation of iPods, now capable of playing video. They are available in two models: a 30GB for the base price of $299, and a 60GB …

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Where The Press Gets Their Apple Photos

Jake Bechtold | October 10, 2005

I found this on digg a couple of days ago, and I thought this would be a great story to put on my blog.
Story Via Digg.
“Ever wondered where websites, newspapers, TV, radio (joke) and stores get their Apple photos from. Well Apple offer them for download on there website. They …

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New Features Added To Gmail, Again

Jake Bechtold | October 6, 2005

On monday, Google launched two new features to their Gmail service that I thought were worth sharing.
From Google’s Webiste:
“Auto-save
We spent 20 minutes writing this entry, and then the browser crashed. Good thing there’s auto-save. It saves. Automatically.
Export contacts
Export your Gmail Contacts and save them in a file for back-up …

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GmailThis!

Jake Bechtold | October 3, 2005

Say that you saw a really cool tip this on this site, and you decide you want to send it to your friend by using Gmail. However, it’s takes awile to Gmail, and all you want to do is send the link. GmailThis! is the perfect solution to this problem.
According …

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It’s Time For A Change…

Jake Bechtold | October 1, 2005

…Of domain, that is. I’ve just registered “JakeBechtold.com”. What a better way to start off October than with a domain name switch. JakeBechtold.com will be the new name of this site. And with that, I’ve whipped up some JavaScript, and created a random header (That is, a header that changes …

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