Seriously trivial thoughts
“The force is strong with this one” –Darth Vader I was pretty much convinced that I was not going to get an iPad and was instead going to wait for a full Windows version. It just seemed too limited in what you could do. However, I saw a Youtube demo of a Windows Remote Desktop …
I went for Nokia’s current “flagship” phone the N97 last year. Initially, I was pretty unhappy with it, but after two major firmware updates, it’s finally usable. The two things I still hate about it, however, are the bleeding of the flash into the camera lens and the horribly back-lit keyboard. I had pretty much …
I was listening to a report about two planes that almost ran into each other and started wondering why they call that a “near miss.” Seems like a near miss would be an absolute collision.
I heard a story about some dude exercising with his new iPad, trying desperately to get attention and show how cool he was. I also heard a report about how some people were hesitant about the iPad because it couldn’t replace their iPhone (duh). Anyways, my theory on why the iPad will not be an …
UPDATE 2/21/16: Easier way to share wireless hotel Internet connection UPDATE 11/24/13: I haven’t needed to share a WiFi connection for quite a while but the need came up recently and I decided to revisit this popular blog post from April 2010…Wow. How did anyone follow this convoluted post??? I’m so sorry. Obviously it’s time …
After upgrading to Office 2007, I have been bugged *every* time I closed the last worksheet using the X (close) button in the top-right corner. Unlike all previous versions, Excel 2007 continues to run with no worksheet. I did a quick search and found this nice tip. In a nutshell: Click the down arrow at …
I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Orb for many years. Basically, Orb allows you to stream media off your PC over the Internet to other PCs or mobile devices. It uses the server/client model where you run the server software on your PC with the media (music, video, and photos) and the client can be …
Yeah this is anecdotal evidence, but look at the available parking spaces at 2pm on a Sunday at the Camarillo Outlet mall! Normally, you would have to hunt for a space. The mall is giant–three separate sections–and this is in the middle of the main one. Yeah, *maybe* the economy has “bottomed”, but we got …
