I’ve spent the last week remodeling, UselessNexus.com. I haven’t blogged much in the last year. But I really want to. And I’d like to try podcasting again as well. Time as been the problem in the past and although that has not entirely changed. I’m hoping I can work it out.
Working a full time job, a 40 minute commute one-way, and keeping up with an active daughter, plus meet all the requirements of daily living has been tough for me. I’m exhausted when I get home and by the time I unwind at night, I’m falling asleep.
Useless Nexus is just a place for me to talk about everything I’m interested in. History, living history, technology, Maine, my personal travels, family activities and general rants. You never know what I might write about here. Feel free to ask me questions, if you like.
Except for the logos of companies I mention in my posts, all the photos are mine. I’ll change the picture above occasionally. If you see something you like then please let me know.
Dirpy is a new service, currently in beta, for saving YouTube videos or audio from the videos to your computer. Although it’s currently in beta and therefore, may experience problems, it worked better for me than most other services with similar claims. And I liked the options it gave me.
Dirpy will allow you to save MP3 audio or MP4 video. The audio options actually allow you to clip out segments by setting a starting and ending point. Very useful if you want to capture a quote for personal use or even make your own ringtones, perhaps.
Working in education, teachers are often encouraged to have a backup plan when it comes to technology. By using this service and saving a video to a local computer, many problems that could arise could be avoided when it comes time to show the video requested.
This could be a service worth watching develop.
Admittedly, I have only had Gmail Priority Inbox available to me for a little over 12 hours, but I don’t see it improving my email experience. I’m a huge Google fan and live in Gmail. I take great advantage of the filters and labels tools which have been available for a long time. So it’s almost as if I’ve had a “priority inbox” for a long time.
I am not always at “Inbox Zero“, as Merlin Mann puts it. But I am less than 10 on a regular basis and have zero messages in my inbox at this moment. That’s not to say all my email has been read, though. Only the important stuff actually reaches my inbox!
Continue reading →
Receive Email Updates
