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Tag Archives: Technology
The Cellphone Plague
You know, generally speaking, I like technology. I really do. I’m not sure how I’d get along without a computer and internet access, but I know I wouldn’t like it very much, at least not until I had gone through … Continue reading
OpenDNS – a safer and faster DNS
When I completed the sign up process at A Small Orange the other day for my new hosting, at the bottom of the page, there was a brief blurb about OpenDNS. I’d never heard of it before, so I checked … Continue reading
One of my computers nearly melted.
Or rather, the CPU nearly melted. When I got up this morning and came downstairs, after getting a glass of water, I headed towards the computer to cehck my email. I moved the mouse around a bit to take up … Continue reading
Sometimes, I really don’t like my iPod.
I was getting ready to go to the store, and wanted to have some new podcasts to listen to. I opened up iTunes and started updating my podcasts. New episodes of a few were indeed available; cool. I plug in … Continue reading
According to Microsoft Live, feed readers don’t exist
Kind of, anyway. I just stopped by live.com to see what it was like (having not touched it during its entire beta period, oops!) I punch in ‘feed reader’. This is what comes back: Hmm…. Okay, let’s try feedreader, with … Continue reading
And now, a problem with Vonage.
Anyone who’s read my blog lately knows about the interesting problems I had with SkypeIn. My first problem was simply user error: when trying to test my SkypeIn number, I was dialing the wrong number. D’oh. However, it then turned … Continue reading
Skype refund
I wanted to post about this and end the Skype Saga: Skype refunded my SkypeIn money without question. Promptly, too – it only took a day after I submitted my ticket. Granted, I’d prefer to have a working SkypeIn number … Continue reading
More SkypeIn oddities
As noted previously, I bought a SkypeIn number a few weeks back. After I finally realized that I was dialing the wrong number, the number worked just fine. Mostly, anyway. I bought the SkypeIn number so that it had the … Continue reading
A pleasant surprise from FolderShare
When I first started using FolderShare a few days ago, I figured it was only useful for sharing data files (mp3s, text, etc.). I guess I was wrong. Tonight I installed FeedReader on our downstairs computer. I wanted to be … Continue reading
Writing on water
It seems that it is now possible to write on water. From the Sci Fi Tech blog: Researchers at Akishima Laboratories have developed a way to spell out words and draw pictures on the surface of a pool by using … Continue reading