I bought an iPhone back in September, after the price drop. It instantly became the coolest gadget I have owned. Its an awesome feeling to know you have access to information right at your fingertips anywhere, anytime. Grant it, the EDGE wireless service is slow when WiFi isn’t available, but at least you are...
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I finally got to see the laptop created for the One Laptop per Child program up close at LinuxWorld. The laptop is also known as Negroponte’s “$100 laptop.” I had only seen photos of it so I was surprised at its size – its small. I didn’t spend much time playing with it. I...
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In May I went to Make Magazine’s second annual Maker Faire event at San Mateo Expo Center, CA. I had an idea of what to expect. It turned out to be way better than I could imagine. It was geekiest place on earth. My wife went with me although she wasn’t too sure about...
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I’ve had a Dell 4550 for several years now and its been a workhorse of a pc. I never had any problems with the hardware, the OS (Windows XP Professional), or any of the software I’ve installed. I figured now would be a good time to replace the monitor from a big ass 19″...
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Lately I’ve noticed several of the websites I frequent have a new feature were when one hovers over a link, a preview of the linked website is shown in a small pop-up window. I hadn’t looked into how its being done, but my friend Dan Harrelson saved me the trouble by blogging about it....
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I didn’t go to the Podcamp West event I wrote about earlier. Something came up that day and I wasn’t able to make it. However, I did go to Laughing Squid’s 11th anniversary party later that day. The event was held at a nightclub called Mighty in San Francisco. The event turned out to...
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This weekend I’m hoping to make it to PodCamp West. Its an UnConference-style meeting for anyone interested in new media and wants to learn and share new ideas, best practices, and general knowledge about podcasting and video blogging. What I’m hoping to get out of it is to learn the best ways to record...
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This week I’ll be at the BlueHornet Users Conference in San Diego, CA. BlueHornet is a eMarketing application that we use to collect contact information and email newsletters, invites, and other company messages.
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Last week I attended a party at Yahoo!’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA, to celebrate del.icio.us millionth user + birthday. It was a fun bash. del.icio.us is a website where you can keep a list, or bookmark, of your favorite links. more info about the event
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On my drive to work this morning, I stopped at a red light and the car in front of me had a Pennsylvania license plate. I found it interesting because the license plate was a standard issue one and along the bottom edge it had the URL of visitPA.com. I don’t think I’ve seen...
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