motogobi

Oftentimes I look at my iPhone and wonder why I’m not enjoying it more like all those people on the commercials who link up with 27 of their closest friends in downtown San Francisco for some flashmob Titterific event… or something.

And then I find an app like RedLaser. So incredibly worth the $2 they’re charging for it. In short, point your iPhone at a bar code and it almost instantly will give you price comparisons across Amazon.com and Google Product Search. I started scanning everything in my house. It told me we could replace Anna’s BlackBerry for $249, told me where to purchase Ramen by the case, and even gave me price comparisons for a box of Winchester .308 FMJ. ($14.99? Are you kidding me?) It would seem that if something’s got a UPC barcode, this app will look it up for you. Simply awesome.

Tame, yet fun to get into the mountains anyway.

1. VirtualBox is much, much faster on my Windows 7 PC than VMWare Workstation 6.5. And cheaper.
2. ted, the torrent episode downloader, is possibly one of the most efficient fixes to an organizational problem I’ve had in quite some time.
3. Videora, while incredibly bloated with ads and general GUI ickiness, is very adept at getting DivX video onto my iPhone.
4. I have to tell you I’m not being paid to shill for any of these products