Recently a friend of mine, Debbi, asked me about her new laptop. “Hey Hal, sorry to bug you again, but… being the virgin laptop owner, is it normal for it to get so freaking hot on the bottom after running for awhile? That being said.. man I love this thing! ” (Debbi has just...
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I am a Mac Guy in case you have never read any of my stories about Macs, PCs and electronic devices in general. I supported about 350 Macs at a large newspaper until the economy got bad and some down sizing occurred. I got my first Apple/Mac device in the early 80s and I...
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I saw this about a year ago and played with it a bit. It has come a long way and it is still in the early stages, but it is very amazing. I wanted to suggest it to our friends here at friendlysuggestions.com – more than a search engine it is a “Computational Knowledge...
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“Someday I might get a cell phone / mobile phone but it will be used just for emergencies”. Someone you know, and a few hundred million people who are not close personal friends have said that statement and meant it. But I suspect they’re not waiting for an emergency, they use their cell phone...
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Many people are talking about the iPad! You know the “tablet” that Apple Computer announced a few days ago. It will be available in several months, and I think this is a good thing! This time will give Apple and application developers time to work some of the bugs out and get it ready...
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What’s news in CAMERAS? BREAKING NEWS FROM LAS VEGAS- CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW OLYMPUS reveals rugged point-and –shoot cameras with really wide-angle lens and high zoom pocket cameras. http://www.twice.com/article/442924-Camera_Makers_Use_CES_To_Unveil_Key_2010_Products.php CANON—Big news in camcorder announcements. Little news in new cameras. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/05/AR2010010501548.html Polaroid Camera to be Relaunched! INSTANT is what people want! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/consumer-electronics-show & http://www.poladroid.net/ The Sony...
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When I watch TV these days I am accompanied by my iPhone. I have an application (app) that can tell me what’s on TV, and my iPhone lets me watch whatever I want and doesn’t care what it is. Lately, as I watch, I find myself checking things out on my iPhone during commercials. ...
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“The sky is falling, the sky is falling!” ”The Internet is down, the Internet is down!” “Can you get on the Internet on your computer, or is it just me?” “Come on this is serious I need to get my work done!” “If the Internet is down we may as well go home!” “Does...
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Ideas can come and go, quickly. If you are like me, you need to get the idea down on paper or record it before it is gone. I have had so many ideas that have been forgotten because I was driving or in the middle of something and I did not get it down...
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