Rotating LEGO iPhone Dock

Admittedly, this is a repost from another one of my blogs; however, there's a certain amount of tech appeal so I thought I would throw it on Doc’s Tech Notes as well. Enjoy!
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Awhile back I had a couple of hours of build time (shocking but true) and a project that has been on my mind for some time was to create a nifty dock for my iPhone. As I began to create this little contraption I said to myself, “How could this be a bit cooler and more functional?” The answer was to make it a rotating dock so I could watch movies and apps in landscape mode.

New QSB Knol Published

As regular readers know, I’ve been hard at work on Doc’s Tech Notes Guide to Google Quick Search Box (QSB) over on Google Knol. Today I'm happy to report that another section has been completed – Google Quick Search Box (QSB) Preferences. You can take a look at it by clicking here. From my intro:

This knol describes the QSB preferences pane and how users can customize QSB, integrate their Google account, and learn what’s “under the hood.”

So dive in and learn how to configure QSB, add your Google and Twitter accounts, and even modify QSB’s appearance. And let me know what you think. So far I’ve had some kind words and that's all the reward I need.

Keep up with your favorite sports teams using Google Calendar

We’ve added weather to our Google Calendar, today I’m going to show you how to display game calendars for your favorite sport teams. Whether it’s NCAA baskball (Doc's favorite) or Major League Baseball, Google has a calendar you can subscribe to. Here's how to quickly add your favorite team’s calendar to your Google calendar:

Does Snow Leopard take forever to empty the trash?

On every upgrade of Snow Leopard in Doc’s house, we've had a bit of a problem. Emptying the trash would take FOREVER. And then it donned on me. This smacks of the secure empty trash feature of OS X. You know, that mode that will scrub your hard drive with 20 grit sandpaper to ensure the file cannot be restored. Well, that method takes time - a lot of time.

After a bit of snooping around in Finder, I found that the Snow Leopard upgrade enabled secure empty trash as the default. We need to change that...that is unless you have something to hide. Is that a guilty look on your face? Here's how to fix our over protective Mac:

Install Chromium on Ubuntu

I've created a couple of posts about Chromium for Mac, but haven't shown any love to my Ubuntu brethren. So today I'm going to show you how to install Chromium on Ubuntu 9.04, using repositories. This method will also ensure Chromium is updated regularly using the nightly builds; as we did with Chromium Updater for the Mac. So let's dive right on in:

Use the Snow Leopard onscreen keyboard to create symbols

Awhile back, I posted a quick reference sheet that displays keystrokes for creating special symbols in OS X documents. Here's a tip that will let you access symbols quickly – even obscure ones. It involves using the Mac OS X on-screen keyboard and Characters window. Here’s how to access these tools in OS X Snow Leopard:

Another way to try Chromium on your Mac

In a previous post I discussed how to install Chromium on your Mac. Here’s yet one more way to install what has become Doc’s browser of choice on your Mac and easily keep it updated. The folks over at TechCruch have developed an executable script that will download the latest Chromium nightly build, unpack it, and drop it into your Applications folder. If you don't have Chromium installed, this is a great way to get started. Anytime you want the latest build, simply run the Chromium Updater script again.