Posts Tagged ‘Technology’

Yesterday I bought a new TV from Best Buy. It is a Samsung 46 inch LED LCD TV and it is completely awesome. The thing that wasn’t awesome was the buying experience.
I purchased the TV (with a Sony Bravio soundbar and some HDMI cables) online and for in store pickup. My coworker, Mike, has a [...]

Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 08:28 | 4 comments
Categories: TV, Technology

One of the first things I tried doing when I got my PS3 is turn it into a media center without modding the system. I’ve heard of several different ways people were doing this but also heard that the PS3 lacked the ability to play some of the most popular codecs. I also needed the [...]

Thursday, February 11th, 2010 at 08:59 | 0 comments
Categories: Technology

I’ve had my iMac for a few weeks now and wanted to give a quick update on my transition.  I’ve not used Windows at all at home (besides transferring files from the PC to the Mac) since I’ve gotten my iMac.  I’m familiar with most things on the Mac OS, as I’ve had a MacBook [...]

Monday, July 20th, 2009 at 09:48 | 2 comments
Categories: Technology

I know my sisters are going to get on me about this, saying I don’t need another computer, but I purchased an iMac. My Windows Vista desktop has been giving me a lot of trouble over the last few weeks. I even reformatted and reinstalled Windows and it still kept bothering me. [...]

Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 10:49 | 3 comments
Categories: Technology

SiriusXM is doing everything they can to raise money and alienate customers. Since the merger there are several things I’ve noticed about their service, none of them good.
When the merger took place I noticed a reduction in quality of their online streams. We later find out that’s because they were going to start [...]

Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 13:34 | 2 comments
Categories: Rants, Technology

Unless you were living under a rock the past couple days, you probably know that OS 3.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch came out yesterday. There are many new features including copy/cut/paste, MMS (unless you are on AT&T), tethering (again, unless you are on AT&T), voice recording, push notifications, CalDAV support, among others.
After [...]

Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 09:08 | 1 comment
Categories: Technology

I am not an “expert on all things web 2.0.” Nor am I a “social media expert.” Heck, I’m not even a “social media enthusiast.” I’m just a regular person who finds value in various things on the internet. One of them is Twitter. I fear it could fail because [...]

Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 09:09 | 1 comment
Categories: Rants, Technology

Dear Internet Users Across the World,
Please stop using the horrible piece of software that came pre-installed on your PC known as Internet Explorer. Not only do you make the job of web designers a lot harder each and every day you use it, but you also leave yourself more open to attacks from malicious [...]

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 at 20:39 | 2 comments
Categories: Technology, Websites

It really is an interesting time for television. The traditional way we watch TV has changed over the years. We started out with over the air programming to cable and satellite programing, and now we have internet TV and on-demand programming at the touch of a button. I can see why the [...]

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 at 10:19 | 0 comments
Categories: TV
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Microsoft is releasing a beta version of Windows 7 for public download today, but this post isn’t about that. This post is about what Microsoft needs to do when Windows 7 is officially launched.
It is no secret that Vista was a failure. Businesses have held off on installing Vista, so much that the [...]

Friday, January 9th, 2009 at 08:44 | 1 comment
Categories: Technology