Tag: technology
-
The Year to Celebrate Five Years
We’ve been celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary all year long and have been having a great time. We started our celebration with our trip to Italy, and will continue with a trip this fall to one of our favorite places…Disney World. Epcot is having their food and wine festival in the fall and we’re all…
-
The “gotcha” phone company
In case you haven’t heard, there was a shake-up in the VOIP market. We got bit by the Sunrocket closure, but so far our service is still working…for the most part. Voicemail is down, but we can still make and receive phone calls. We’ve had VOIP for over a year and a half now, and…
-
A hard (drive) lesson learned
Been off the air for awhile as we suffered through a major hard drive crash. I’ve never had a drive crash as hard as this one, but it was pretty old. I can’t get any machine to mount it, and all recovery efforts up to this point have been futile. I have a few things…
-
So much to say
So, yes, it’s been awhile since I posted on here. Not sure why, but I just haven’t felt like writing anything. Sometimes I used to feel like I had to write these mini-essays about whatever was on my mind, and at times I wrote some really stupid stuff just because I thought I had to.…
-
Webcam Working
You may not have noticed but our webcam wasn’t working for awhile. I had a Logitech Quickcam Pro 3000 for a few years, but it kicked the bucket. I may keep it around for awhile to tinker with just because. I picked up a Creative Labs WebCam Instant cheap, and it’s now functioning as our…
-
My iPod
She’s dead, Jim. 🙁 Update: Okay, so maybe it’s not totally dead yet, but it’s sure acting strange.
-
Hurricane hacking
Everyone’s eyes are on Hurricane Dennis currently heading into the Gulf of Mexico, but if you want a cool, new way to track it, check out
-
Google Earth
I had heard about this a few days ago, but I just got around to downloading Google Earth. Two words. Very freaking cool. The detail level isn’t quite complete on our house, but we were able to find Monica’s family in New York right down to their building. That is simply amazing. I assume they’ll…
-
GPS Stash Hunt
Monica and I have stumbled onto something new (to us anyway). It’s called geocaching. If you liked scavenger hunts when you were a kid (and who didn’t?), then you’d like geocaching. All you need is a GPS unit, such as this one, and some free time and you’re all set. We’ve been out a couple…
-
Nice Jobs
Ok, Apple, you’ve got me to buy an iPod, but I’m NOT going to buy anything called an iPod Shuffle or a Mac Mini. Really, I’m not. Why do I even care? I’m not an Apple fanatic or anything, but it seemed as if the entire Internet was buzzing over Macworld today. I guess I’m…