Come Wednesday, it will be a secondary offense to: 1. Manually enter multiple letters or text in the device as a means of communicating with another person; or 2. Read any email or text message transmitted to the device or stored within the device, provided that this prohibition shall not apply to any name or … Continue reading Texting while driving
Category: Technology and Gadgets
Quick review: BlackBerry Curve 8900
During my time off, I celebrated my birthday by getting a new BlackBerry, the Curve 8900. While my Pearl was working just fine, I had long wanted to try a BB with a full keyboard as opposed to the two-letters-per-key that the Pearl has. RIM has been rolling out a bunch of new BBs. Among … Continue reading Quick review: BlackBerry Curve 8900
Need to copy large files? Try TeraCopy
Sometimes, I need to copy files that are pretty large. For example, my Outlook pst file is almost 5 gig (and that is after I archived anything prior to 1/1/08). I need the file on another computer so I tried to copy it to my 8 gig thumbdrive, my 60 gig portable hard drive and … Continue reading Need to copy large files? Try TeraCopy
Wii Music
This falls into the "no politics at all" category 🙂 I've been seeing those cool commercials on TV for Wii Music. A former music major, I considered purchasing it. Christmas Day I spent with my extended family - mom, sisters, nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews - of all ages. One of the coolest "toys" … Continue reading Wii Music
Be afraid – be very afraid
About this: Google this week admitted that its staff will pick and choose what appears in its search results. There was a time when it was thought that Microsoft was taking over everything. That fear has now been transferred to Google - and rightly so. As the first linked article says: Today, the media organisations … Continue reading Be afraid – be very afraid
Random stuff
Totally unrelated items I've run across "Next president" isn't on local ballot - I've been getting emails about this for a while. The Top 10 Political Turkeys of 2008 - Pretty good list. VA School Board sued over in-class haircut - $1,000 in compensatory damages for something that grows back? Cleaner who turns in $20K … Continue reading Random stuff
Did you notice a decrease in spam?
You should have. ... a ragtag band of researchers pulled off the unprecedented coup of drastically cutting the spam volume by adopting a new strategy: going after mainstream U.S. companies that can unknowingly help spammers, identity thieves and child porn purveyors by carrying their traffic on the Internet. The result: Two big providers of Internet … Continue reading Did you notice a decrease in spam?
PilotOnline and Daily Press: some tech tips
Hey computer geeks at PilotOnline! Cute favicon but it really needs to be fixed. Instead of a white background, make it transparent. That way, it won't look so garish in my browser tab. DailyPress.com - you guys need to fix your background. I happen to have a default color set in my browser (to check … Continue reading PilotOnline and Daily Press: some tech tips
A question about ads
If you see ads on my blog, rest assured that I didn't place them there. The company that hosts this blog, Automattic, does occasionally post ads. Because I never visit my blog when I'm not logged in, I never see them. (And, I'm told that if you use Firefox, you don't see them, either.) That's … Continue reading A question about ads
Not using Twitter? Consider it ;)
I started using Twitter just before the convention. Since returning from Denver, I've been updating sporadically but I've slowly been increasing the number of people/organizations I'm following. Deciding who to follow has been an interesting exercise. Basically what I've been doing is looking at who's following me and checking out who they are following. You … Continue reading Not using Twitter? Consider it 😉
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