Category Archives: Technology

Column Five: Goodbye Wallets

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Gandalfe
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Post your Resume on LinkedIn.com

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Gandalfe

I have been using LinkedIn.com for so many years, I can’t tell you when I started. What I can tell you is that I wish this had been available when I first entered the workforce. I have lost track of … Continue reading →

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For Your Consideration: Time to Switch to Hotmail?

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Gandalfe

Hotmail has come a long way in the last few years. I have accounts in so many services but my fav is Hotmail. For me, a guy that runs four musical groups from Big Bands to sax quartets, the calendar … Continue reading →

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Top 10 e-paper technologies in the next 20 years | ZDNet

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Gandalfe

This was too good not to share. Makes me wonder if my great grandchildren (no I don’t have any… yet) will not recognize paperback books. ZDNet | Chris Jablonski ~ Over the next two decades, conventional print and static information … Continue reading →

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My Dongle Doesn’t Fit…

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Gandalfe

More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wyj62

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This City is Heading for a Disaster of Biblical Proportions

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Gandalfe

It is amazing how you can portray a movie however you want in a trailer. For example, this recast makes the humorous movie Ghostbusters seem like an epic. By using the the Inception music “Mind Heist” the tone, take, recast … Continue reading →

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VibratoSax: The Amazing Plastic Sax

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Gandalfe

Meet the amazing plastic sax, the VibratoSax introduced and made available in 2010. The first models are around $400 plus shipping at last check. You might remember that Charlie Parker played the first ever (and last I think) plastic alto … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Things that should have Disappeared this Decade

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Gandalfe

The first decade of the new Century and I’m already thinking about what technology and society has made obsolete. The funniest I’ve seen so far is from our friends at the Huffington Post cast as a photo show: 12 Things … Continue reading →

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Bad Phone Etiquette ~ Really?

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Gandalfe

The mobile phone, like the craftiest of invasive species, knows no boundaries. It has crept into every inch of our lives, and spotting one in the bathroom or the bedroom can only elicit a weary response: “Really?” According to a … Continue reading →

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Halloween Humor: Don’t Text and Fly

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Gandalfe
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