Feb 15, 2010
Back when I got my car stereo in 2005, I plugged a cord into the auxiliary input so that I could listen to my iPod on the car speakers. Since then, that cord has been dangling from a hole in the dashboard. It’s not pretty. I’ve been meaning to create my own [...]
Jan 28, 2010
Today’s picture of the day is a link to an article about Apple’s latest gadget they just launched. They compare Apple’s iPad to Amazon’s Kindle – something which I think is obsurd.
First of all, they have 2 completely different target audiences.
The Kindle is targeted at bookworms. Period. They aren’t looking for a bunch [...]
Jan 12, 2010
I found a plugin that posts blog posts/updates to your Twitter account, but it used the full URL in the link. I modified it to shorten the URL using bit.ly
This is the first post.
Apr 11, 2009
This is just a quick post to make an antenna recommendation for over-the-air TV reception. I had to do a lot of research to find the right antenna, and I’d like to help out others.
I live in McKinney, TX and I was looking for an antenna that would get good reception of all the [...]
This is the 3rd and final installment in my “to tv or not to tv” series.
In a nutshell, I made the right choice. I’m not watching as much TV and I don’t miss it one bit. When I do watch TV, it’s usually a free podcast downloaded from the internet. I downloaded [...]
Mar 3, 2009
Let’s call this Part II of my previous post, “to TV or not to TV”.
After evaluating both Time Warner cable and AT&T U-verse, I made a decision. I’ve canceled both. I canceled AT&T last week, and Time Warner bit the dust today.
My primary reason for dumping AT&T was a technical one. The [...]
Feb 20, 2009
This is a test of the WordPress application for the iPhone. Pretty cool!
Feb 7, 2009
As many of you know, I’ve been debating over the past couple of months whether or not to cancel cable. If you really think about it, is TV really all that necessary? No…it’s not.
One of the large motivators is money. I can free up about $60-70 per month by canceling. That’s [...]
Nov 13, 2008
I’m going to go out on a pretty safe limb and predict that we’ll have walking, talking robots in the lifetime of the next generation (if not in my own lifetime).
Link to article