Posts under ‘Tech’

Now that I’ve had to upgrade my iPod to a shiny new iPod touch, one of the first things I did was download all the free comics offered by iVerse Media via Apple’s App Store. A friend showed me a few of them on his iPhone a few weeks back, and I hadn’t realized anyone [...]

Yes, plumbing. Bear with me.
Our local utility sends out a pamphlet with every bill, and this month the pamphlet included an advisory to turn water heaters down to 120 degrees Fahrenheit to prevent scalds and save energy. Most water heaters, apparently, are dialed up to 140F by consumers.
Someone already resolved the energy issue by inventing [...]

I installed two mobile WordPress plugins on my site, one to format this page for mobile surfers and the other to let me blog from my new CrackBerry Curve. I’m testing the latter with this post.
It occurred to me I could make the much-maligned Twitter tweets from the crapper, but it further occurred to me [...]

The time has finally come for me to upgrade to a smartphone. I need a QWERTY keyboard, and the Internet access functions would be nice for several reasons. My choice is down to the MOTO Q9c or the HTC PPC6800 (known as the Mogul on Sprint). If anyone out there has experience with one or [...]

Phear the Stickers
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.

When you purchase a laptop computer, it’s yours.
You do not need to keep the store display stickers on the machine. These are on every laptop because the manufacturer has no way of knowing which one a retailer will open for display (and conversely, a retailer would have no way of [...]

The King and His Throne
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
Even Conan never had it so good.
Our elementary school is going Apple next year, and we saved a few bucks by ordering the equipment early so it’s already here. I have three 52 Weeks pics to take yet (because I’m a slacker), so I thought it would be [...]

I just ordered the iMac for the family.
Mmmm, Kool-Aid.
And someone please tell me why the iPod touch doesn’t have Bluetooth. If you could access the Internet through a cell phone, it would make Safari and Google Maps much more useful. Some of us live in the boonies where public wi-fi is still an urban legend [...]

The Wife got her first hands-on look at the iPod touch yesterday, and was blown away by how small it is. She’s now excited to be owning one soon, mostly because it will take significantly less space in her purse than the calendar and address book she carries around now. She walked out of the [...]

The Canon EOS 450D (aka Digital Rebel XSi) has been formally announced, and it shall be mine. (Provided it doesn’t come with Rosie Perez’s voice.*)
I’ve been wanting a digital SLR for a long time. I’ve used an old 35mm camera in the past, and I really enjoyed it compared to using a point-and-shoot digital. Looking [...]

One of the Apple execs I met yesterday made a good statement about their products: you don’t get it until you try it.
Apple users extol the virtues of their OS all the time. Three of my friends, including (former) die-hard PC user John Roling, have switched to Mac and vow to never go back. A [...]