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Travelling with the HTC Incredible & Using an Android Device as All-In-One

Travelling with the HTC Incredible & Using an Android Device as All-In-One

I just returned home from a trip to Salt Lake City in which I decided to use my HTC Incredible with Android 2.2 aka FroYo (It had 2.1 at the start of the trip but I’ll explain more on that later) as my all in one portable device. It replaced my Garmin nuvi 765, Microsoft Zune [Continue]

iPad’s Existence Will Bring What I Really Want, a Tablet PC

iPad’s Existence Will Bring What I Really Want, a Tablet PC

I’m so sick and tired of all the iPad news. I’m sick of seeing headlines for all the glowing reviews saying how this giant iPod Touch is a new paradigm in computing. Well, I say this thing is not a new paradigm. But, I do say that it will force the emergence of an old [Continue]

Entertainment Dollars

There are so many avenues for entertainment these days. And much of it costs money. I’m a bit fascinated by how much people are willing to spend on entertainment and where they choose to spend their dollars. I for one choose not to pay for cable or satellite TV and instead watch over-the-air broadcasts (using [Continue]

Windows Live Writer Test 2

What do you know! Worked like a charm. Now, my blog is a WordPress blog. Writer’s interface looks nothing like WordPress’ and therefore seems a little odd. The first major difference is that the post looks like a Word document using my blog template as the letterhead. [Continue]

Test of Windows Live Writer

I’ve downloaded Windows Live Essentials, at least I that’s what i remember the title being, and part of the package is Windows Live Writer. Writer is supposed to be a tool for posting to your blog. So, here is a test post using this software. [Continue]

My Windows 7 Install!

Woo hoooooooo! In case you’ve been living under a rock, or are totally disinterested in computers (which is totally understandable I guess), Windows 7 launched on 10-22-09. So what’s the first thing I do? I install it! I received my $50 pre-order Windows 7 Home Premium package from Amazon.com. Unboxed the one of the shiny [Continue]

The $13 Microsoft Stupidity

The $13 Microsoft Stupidity

I’ve been using an Xbox 360 since the console was released. I’ve owned two that have red ringed on me, as a matter of fact, and now I’m on my third. I decided to purchase an Xbox 360 Elite. The thought process behind buying the Elite went this way: Send in the old unit for [Continue]