By Frank on February 23, 2010
About a year ago, I sat with my normal texting phone, a slider called the LG Chocolate, and struggled to send messages to keep up with my more modernized, text-happy friends and family. For every message I tapped out with keys that had to be pushed multiple times to reach the right letter, 3 messages [...]
Posted in Computers | Tagged cellphone, droid
By Frank on February 22, 2010
Looking a bit down in your end of February work schedule? Thinking that you might go a little Office Space if you don’t get some kind of release at the start of your work week?
Well, never fear, Overly Positive is here with yet another Case of the Mondays Cure. This time around, I found this [...]
Posted in Case Of The Mondays Cure, Computers | Tagged Case Of The Mondays Cure, laptop, liquid nitrogen
By Frank on February 20, 2010
Today I pose a few questions regarding podcasts to my small but loyal readership:
What things keep you listening to a podcast?
What kind of content do you like to hear in a podcast?
Do you prefer a freeform discussion with few topics or a structured format?
I have a few podcasts in my feed, and might be looking [...]
Posted in Computers
By Frank on February 16, 2010
So while I was on my little hiatus, Google did it again, and by that I mean they came out with yet another free tool to hook people on. Following up with the social aspect of Google Wave, Google Buzz arrived a few days ago, integrated with Gmail and designed to be a response to [...]
Posted in Computers | Tagged google
By Frank on January 2, 2010
Yes, yes, I know the image is triple monitors – but hey, one needs to aspire to the next level, right?
As some of you know, I got a second monitor for Christmas – a wonderfully crisp-looking Samsung 24-inch widescreen to go with my rather squarish Dell 19-inch. There was a time when I thought having [...]
Posted in Computers | Tagged Computers
By Frank on December 31, 2009
As 2009 comes to a close, I think that it’s a good time for everyone to kind of look back on what they achieved and reflect on it. The thing is, from both a non-geek and a geek perspective, it’s difficult at times to look positively on some of the things that have happened to [...]
Posted in Computers, Gaming, Internet, Serious Business, Social Geekery | Tagged new year
By Frank on December 30, 2009
…parodies of the parody show up.
Maybe you’ve gotten just a little sick of people saying “I’m On a Boat” every so often, but that’s ok – parody songs can get a reboot too. Here’s one about the geek community’s greatest conflicts.
Sadly I think this makes Mac users look worse. But it’s still funny.
Posted in Computers | Tagged mac, pc
By Frank on December 19, 2009
Another reason for the lack of multiple posts per day lately is the fact that after a couple of years or so, I upgraded my computer. Taking advantage of the ridiculous discounts on Black Friday weekend, I secured a Dell Studio XPS 9000, with one of those brand spanking new i7 Intel processors, 6 GB [...]
Posted in Computers | Tagged Computers, Technology
By Frank on December 17, 2009
Well – the last couple of days have been interesting at least. Typically I don’t really talk about what I do for a living as work posts tend to get drudged up at rather random times. But I will say that as an IT professional, there’s nothing that makes things more interesting than a late [...]
Posted in Computers, Site Related | Tagged Computers
By Frank on November 6, 2009
So for all you cellphone watchers and geek tech folks out there, a new toy has come down out of the sky for you to lick your chops over – the new DROID from Verizon. Whether it’s on the slick Motorola or solid HTC version, these are apparently the DROIDs you’ve been looking for.
Whenever new [...]
Posted in Computers | Tagged droid, iphone, motorola droid, verizon
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