Just a few brief mentions

Not a lot of interesting things this month, but there are a few things you may find interesting:

Laptop Magazine, July 2009

Ever take your laptop outside and wish you could see the screen better. This product from NuShield looks pretty great. I'm ordering a few of these later this evening:

• NuShield DayVue Antireflective Screen Protector Film (Surf Outdoors); $17; http://www.nushield.com

I'm making an effort to switch over to using open source (as opposed to proprietary/closed source) micro-blogging, from Twitter to Identi.ca. For now, I'm using both tho, and I'm looking for apps that help me use both. I always have Firefox running, so it makes some sense to look for a FF add-on. I've got 2 that I'm using now, but the jury is still out on these. To be honest, I'm not thrilled with them (very limited options).

• Twitterfox: http://www.Twitterfox.net or https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5081

• Identifox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10941

Linux Format, September 2009 & Linux Pro Magazine, August 2009

One app that I'm eager to start playing around with when I get the time is 'Tonido'. It's available for OS X, Windows, and Linux. The idea of Tonido is, you run your own piece of the 'Cloud'. To find out more about Tonido go to: http://www.tonido.com