Category Archives: Technology

HTC Imagio: What’s in a Phone Now?

I purchased a new phone a couple of weeks ago and have been using it ever since. Since it runs Microsoft Window Moble apps which my Blackberry didn’t, within a day I’d set it up, loaded my 200+ contacts from … Continue reading

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Wired: 7 Good Reasons to Switch to Windows 7

Don’t just take my word for it, many of your favorite tech sites are recommending you move to Microsoft Windows 7. I’ve been using the pre-release of Win7 for months now (yes I work at *that* company) and I fully … Continue reading

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Twitter Dating – what next?

Taken from http://amnesiablog.wordpress.com/ “With all the jokes about people finding dates on twitter Radaroo has created a prototype template. Users sign up by sending a tweet to @radaroo, specifying their gender, the gender(s) they’re interested in, and which activities they’d … Continue reading

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In Your Near-term Future: The Sixth Sense toolset a la “Minority Report”

Pattie Maes & Pranav Mistry unveil the “Sixth Sense” game-chaging wearable tech gear. This video was taken at TED at MIT.   This shows how possible a toolset, much like what was hinted at in the movie “The Minority Report”, … Continue reading

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Handwriting, soon to be a thing of the past?

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | The slow death of handwriting – Source: news.bbc.co.uk "For some, that is already the case. But writer Kitty Burns Florey says the art of handwriting is declining so fast that ordinary, joined-up script … Continue reading

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Live Mesh – Synchronizing Life

Some ads speak to me. They are the increasingly rare times when someone has figured out what I like. Enjoy. Wendy, if you’re watching/reading, this is how I want to see more of Addie. Wish you guyz lived closer to … Continue reading

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EARTH: The Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan

For readings from Carl Sagan’s "Pale Blue Dot" click on the picture below:   This is an example from the Vimeo site which hosts high definition videos. So many places to explore on this virtual world called the Internet.

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Happy Belated Festivus: Time to Air the Grievances by Josh Ledgard

A friend of mine from back in the day has crafted this rather good "airing of grievances". Normally I don’t read this stuff, but Josh has done such a good job that I am recommending it as a good read … Continue reading

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So much to do, so little time

Or how I blew the morning on my day off… Suzy and I downed the PDF converter for Microsoft products. We send marked up copies of music all the time and so this was long overdue. Thanks Gary for this: … Continue reading

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Did You Know?

Fantastic video on the progression of information technology, researched by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and Jeff Bronman. I probably pointed to this over a year ago, but the stats keep growing. For the most part this is for my children … Continue reading

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