Category Archives: General
Hi, I’m a Mac! (or It’s a Unix System! I know this!)
I finally gave in and bought myself a Mac. My five-year-old Toshiba laptop served me well, but with several pieces of the plastic case broken off and what appear to be memory issues slowing things down, I decided it was time for an upgrade. At more than three times the price of a similarly specced Windows-based machine, getting […]
Integrating Google Reader with Outlook
I hate to admit it, but I’m pretty much connected at the hip with Microsoft Outllook. 90% of the work that I do is driven by email, and Outlook makes it fairly easy for me to manage those messages, track the work I’m doing with tasks, and keep up on my appointments, all in one […]
Awesome Android App of the Day: Evernote
I started using Evernote several months ago when I needed an easy way to take notes during a meeting. It didn’t take long for me to realize the potential of the tool, which has now become my personal wiki, of sorts. Evernote is an app and a service. To use it, you need to create […]
Going Black
Nearly 16 years ago the web went black in protest of the anti-indecency provisions of the Communications Decency Act. Intended to protect minors from indecent material, much like the way existing FCC regulations limited when and to what extent certain topics that were inappropriate to minors could be broadcast over the air, the provisions of […]
Awesome Android App of the Day: Sound Manager v2
The original Motorola Droid (and possibly other Android devices, though most what I’ve seen has been specific to the Droid) seems to have a bug. For whatever reason, lots of users report that the vibrate on notification feature of their phones stops working for no apparent reason. That means that, when the phone is set […]