Posted in technology, tagged anti-rant, laptop on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Name: Three
Official Name: Inspiron 14 Notebook 1440
Nickname: 3.0
Born: November 10, 2009
Parent: Dell
Owner: Pam
Operating System: Windows 7
Browser: Firefox
I am proud to announce the arrival of Three, my third generation laptop. So far, 3.0 hasn’t overheated, hasn’t loudly hissed, and hasn’t nastily interrupted me with a blue dump memory screen. [...]
Posted in technology, tagged radio, streaming on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just saw this article about radio station broadcast streaming from Jacobs Media, a radio consulting firm:
“Streaming – Radio’s New Transmitter and Tower”
Jacobs Media’s new survey reveals a significant rise in streaming radio.
iPhone owners are especially likely to stream their favorite stations.
When it comes to listening to AM/FM radio, “the next big thing” is something [...]
Posted in technology, tagged overload, time management on April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
More, more, more. Facebook. Twitter. Blogs everywhere. Cool sites. Email. Links in email. Podcasts. Video. Yes, I’m having a hard time keeping up. I just found the BBC News’ dot.life blog and I’ve been scrolling down, finding interesting and topical posts.
But it just hit me – I feel like I’ve just fallen off a [...]
Posted in technology, tagged new year on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tooling around this morning after writing my first 2009 post, I saw this post on Techdirt, a great technology/media blog. I agree:
On Staying Happy – by Mike Masnick, Techdirt – http://techdirt.com/
from the happy-new-year dept
A few weeks ago, we got an email sent to the feedback box that asked how we can possibly stay upbeat. I [...]
Posted in technology on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Surfing is good for you!
From a Reuters report:
“Searching the Internet may help middle-aged and older adults keep their memories sharp, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles studied people doing Web searches while their brain activity was recorded with functional magnetic resonance imaging scans.
‘What we saw was [...]
