Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Around the holiday time, my company was generous enough to give all of its employees a $100 gift card to Amazon. I haven't spent mine yet. I don't know what to get. I want to use it to get something that I want rather than something that I need.
There are ...
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
What is the most secure password? It's one that you don't even know.
I'm trying a new experiment because I don't keep my passwords secure. I don't leave them lying on a piece of paper or anything like that. My problem is that I have about 3 passwords that I use ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
I bought a new PC from Best Buy online on Thanksgiving Day (what do they call that -- Gray Thursday?). I didn't get an iMac, like I was hoping. The price was just too high for me. I couldn't justify spending $1200 when I can get a fully loaded PC ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
My in-laws' standard definition (SD) TV (along with some other electronic equipment) was damaged by a power surge during a thunderstorm over the summer. They used their insurance money to buy a very nice Sony Bravia 40-inch LCD HDTV. I was very excited for them and, as usual, I helped ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Owning a Tivo is practically a religious experience. I currently own three Tivos and can't imagine life without them. I've written about Tivo quite a bit. Those that say that their generic cable-company supplied DVR is just as good as a Tivo just haven't been enlightened and don't know what ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
I upgraded my Tivo. I bought a 1TB hard drive. The Series 3 comes with a 250 GB hard drive that can hold 32 hours of HD. Verizon is about to add another 27 HD channels and are expected to add another 20 or so by the end of the ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
I've been a Windows PC user forever. I have never owned a Mac. On the off chance I found myself in front of a Mac, I was always confused about how to do routine tasks, frustrated that there was only one mouse button, etc.
Why do I want an iMac so ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Until recently, I only had a LinkedIn account. LinkedIn is more of a business focused, social networking site. I mainly use it to keep in touch with ex-coworkers.
An ex-coworker sent me an invitation to create a Facebook account. I had been doing all I could to avoid creating a Facebook ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
I've been very patient about the fact that Verizon hasn't added any new HD channels in the last 8 months or so. I'm ecstatic to learn that FiOS has finally gotten their act together and are adding a slew of new HD channels. We are supposed to get the new ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Amazon is so far the only company to launch a music download store to rival iTunes. I read an article today that said that Amazon has become the #2 digital music store behind iTunes and it's only been open for 6 months. In my opinion, there are two things about ...
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