We were due for new phones on the New-in-Two program from Verizon. We did a bunch of research and E wasted no time in getting them delivered on our exact contract anniversary. We both chose the Samsung Rogue. We’ve never had the same phone before, so this should be interesting. It’s a little iPhone-ish with […]
At Texas School this year, I bought a small softbox and a tiny flash and some comm devices to sync them. I have a lot of plans to use this little (light and portable) setup and have my first opportunity coming up in a few days. Since May, I had played with them all, but […]
The funny guys at xkcd bring us this Tech Support Cheat Sheet.
In the last few days, Twitter messages have cracked me up. Our brother-in-law, Roy, has been Tweeting their family vacation. With his writer humor, that’s been entertaining on so many levels. Tonight, @LAR (a Longhorn) did shoutouts to those who started following her recently. I was lucky enough to land in the middle of that […]
This handy dandy little piece of software nags you to take micro- and mini-break throughout the day. At real break times, it gives you stretches to do. At the end of the day, it tells you to get away from behind the computer and go do something else for a while. It also tracks your […]
“Click Here to Enter Our Site” No! Put your site on your domain, and let me go straight to it. Don’t make me sit through some “commercial” just so you can have another click-through in your stats. Music That Automatically Plays Whether it’s a MySpace page or a website, I am already using the sounds […]
Private Settings on Social Media If you use MySpace or similar sites to promote your business, please keep your site public, not set to private! How can we network businesses and potential clients if no one can see who you are or what you do? With the proliferation of spam accounts on sites like MySpace, […]
Fireworks Day[1] As always, we are in Paris for L’s grandparents’ birthdays. (His is on the 3rd and her’s is on the 4th). Because Paris has the band concert and fireworks show are on the 3rd, we have one big party with them every year. After a nice dinner, cake & ice cream, and presents, […]
Help Firefox set a Guinness record! Download the software (you know you want to upgrade your browser, anyway) RIGHT NOW!. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Tuesday, June 17, 2008
From Legal Andrew No more yellow pages I keep trying to convince my wife that we can throw out the paper phone books. With Google Maps and its awesome local results, yellow pages are simply obsolete. Why should I dig out a huge book and thumb through the pages looking for the crazy category that […]