Transfer traditional freehand drawings to your computer with Inkling by Wacom

For illustrators, the Inkling by Wacom is the missing puzzle piece. You can now draw on paper and transfer all of your drawings to the computer and they will be editable as vector drawings in Adobe Illustrator. Amazing!

It will retail for $199.00.

DIY: Turn an external hard drive into a USB hard drive

If you’re like me, you probably have an external hard drive laying around. Now you can it into a USB drive. This simple tutorial at instructables.com shows you how.

A car that runs 200 miles on compressed air!

A car that runs on air?

Where the hell has this technology been hiding? Surprisingly enough, the post date on this Youtube video is October, 2008.

Learn more at Motor Development International (MDI)

Where is the bottle opener?

You may have forgotten where you left the bottle opener but you always know where your best friend Fido is. Bark4beer.com sells an ingenious dog collar that also contains a retractable bottle opener. Yet another reason why dogs are mans best friend. The Bark4Beer Collar is reasonable priced at just $14.95. Well worth it.

Teach yourself how to be Paul McCartney

There are few things in life that are more important than knowing how to act like Paul McCartney. (Okay, maybe I can think of a few others …) Stevie Riks does a fabulous job. He really nails McCartney’s mannerisms to a tee!

Dropbox is a great place to put all your digital stuff

This video really showcases the simplicity and usefulness of DropBox. I’ve been using it for sometime now and I find it to be invaluable. Being able to access my important documents from various devices such as my iPhone, MacBook Pro, and Mac desktops makes my digital world work. I especially like the fact that DropBox keeps a history of every change I make so that I can undo any mistakes and even undelete files if necessary.

Here’s a quick overview:

• Allows quick, easy way to share files
• It’s free up to 2gb of storage
• Online backup is automatic
• Allows you go back in time to undelete or undo changes to files

Dropbox replaces:

• Emailing file attachments to yourself and other people
• Using USB drives to move files between computers
• Renaming files to keep a history of previous versions
• Complicated backup software
• FTP servers, system-specific sharing methods, Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Simple pricing plan:

• FREE up to 2gb
• $9.95 per month up to 50gb
• $19.95 per month up to 100gb

If you have multiple devices and require access to the latest and greatest files, I encourage you to give it a spin.