Written by Piotr on February 17th, 2009
Google has recently released calendar and address book sync for mobile and desktop devices using Microsoft Exchange protocol.
You need to follow a few simple steps on your iPhone to set it up. If you like me, use Google apps for your domain, you also need to enable mobile sync option. Go to ‘Manage this domain’ admin section, then ‘Service settings’ and ‘Mobile’. Under ‘Google Sync’ set ‘Enable Google sync’ check box.
Written by Piotr on January 9th, 2009
Today at CES, Palm released their new phone called Pre.
Palm Pre
The exceptional thing about this device is that the UI engine implementation is based on Webkit rendering engine. This means that all applications, including once coming from Palm, are written in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
It is very interesting to see a browser used as UI rendering engine for embedded device like a phone. I hope the performance will be good enough to provide snappy user experience.
It is surprising to see this approach taken by Palm and not by Google (Android phone applications are written in Java).
No word on price yet, expected to be shipped later this year.
UPDATE: See also the overview from Ars Technica.
Written by Piotr on December 30th, 2008
Singer is an old famous brand of sewing machines. It’s also a name of cafe in Kazimierz, old part of Krakow city. The first one to open there in the early 1990s.
Me and my wife Rita have discovered it a few years back while wondering around the city and looking for a place to sit down and relax. Once we entered the cafe, we both knew it’s a unique place in its atmosphere. It was early afternoon and the place was almost empty. Jazz music was pouring out of the speakers. We were having a cup of coffee accompanied with cake, relaxing and looking around appreciating the interior decor. I took a few shots with my camera hoping to get them right in a dark interior of the cafe lighted up only by dimmed daily light and candles burning on a few tables.
Later on back home, we were watching slides from our trip and remembering the places we have visited. The Singer cafe and slides I took there turned out to be one of our favourites. All thanks to the charming atmosphere of old interior with famous brand vintage sewing machines recycled in coffee tables and candle holders.
Rita came up with the idea to make a theme that would reflect the place atmosphere we liked so much. And so, the Jazz Cafe theme was born.
The theme was originally created for Typo, Ruby on Rails blogging system and later on ported to Serendipity. Recently, I refreshed the theme for this website and released it for Wordpress. If you want to give it a spin on your blog, you can download the latest version here: JazzCafe (zip file). And, if you use the theme I would love to here from you.