I currently have many things that I would love to acquire. Some of these I consider great design and others I find as great tools. Seating: Eames Aluminum office chair – a great office chair that is comfortable and also good looking: http://store.hermanmiller.com/Products/Eames-Aluminum-Group-Management-Chair Eames Lounge – I have wanted this chair for years. It would be a great addition to the …
I am on the verge of purchasing an ebook reader. I currently read most of my books on my iPad or iPhone. However I have found that in some cases this is not the most reliable readers. I find my iPhone great because it is always with me. However it is not good in the Sun or the beach (sand). The …
For those of you who know me, you know my loves are God, Family, Technology and soccer. This weekend the Premier League starts. Living here in the US makes it hard as a soccer fan. We have limited access to games and we don’t get to be part of the culture of soccer that is seen over-seas. I spend a …
It sounds like Starbucks is starting to see an issue with people camping out all day at their stores and using it as their office. I’m guessing these Laptop warriors are purchasing one drink and staying all day. ARTICLE: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20087817-71/has-starbucks-had-enough-of-laptop-loungers/?tag=TOCmoreStories.0 I’ve done my time in coffee shops and used it as an office but it’s normally a half-day event and I purchase …
I’ve been commuting to work on my bike this last week. It has been great. The car was in the shop so I finally had a reason to commute. I’ve been planning on doing it but never was motivated enough to start the process. This last week I did not have a car so I had to. It turned out to …
The us women’s soccer team is doing great. Tonight they beat France to head to the world cup finals. It was a great match to watch 3-1. I love to see the US do well in soccer. The prior game against Brazil was just amazing. Being a player down and then going the full overtime and extended time to tie the …
I get all types of security questions from home users. How do I secure my wireless so people can’t use it? How can I make sure people can’t steal files on my computer? How can I keep the kids from going to sites they are not suppose to be on? For the last one, how to secure and block sites I recommend OpenDNS. …
I don’t often head over to youtube and just watch shows. I typcically find a podcast or something that leads me to youtube. But today, I was thinking of a song and just typed in the only few words I could remember and got it on youtube. So, today I’m a youtube fan. Here are a few of the random songs …
I am very pleased with my newer T410 laptop. The only complaint I have found is the resolution. It is set to 1280 x 800, which is not bad. It is a wide screen but not too high of a resolution. I was used to a T61 with a 1680×1050 resolution WSXGA+. It is amazing how you can miss that real …
As I was looking at an old cell phone that my kids use a a toy, I have realized that I’ve owned a lot of mobile phones. Here is a quick look in my phone history: OKI 1300 series (Circa 1995) : This was my first phone and my first cell phone. I took my first job interview on this …
I am always interested in how secure my devices are? Is my data safe, can people get to my info, am I at risk of giving out any private information. The iPhone /iPad has proven to be pretty secure if you take precautions. Lock your screen and keep sensitive data out of the clear. The one interesting item you can hack …
I use Filezilla as my main FTP client. It is a wonderful tool for ftp, ftps, scp (sftp) and other transfer protocols. I am getting a new laptop and needed to transfer / backup my settings. I have a lot of sites stored and did not want to go looking for all the username and password information. Filezilla allows you to …
So today I updated my iPhone to 4.3.2 and Jailbroke it again. I always get asked why I jailbreak. The simple answer is because I like to hack devices. The more to the point reasons are the cool customizations. The business reason is simple, MyWi it allows me to make the device a wifi hotspot and always have internet where ever …
I have a few servers that I help maintain or use for VPN access. I have found on a few machines that when I use VPN to secure my connection at a coffee shop or any other public WiFi that some sites will not load. I have seen this issue before when using PPTP but had never taken the time to …
To follow up on my first post regarding Vibram 5 fingers, I’ve got a lot of feedback. People asking how long it took to get used to the shoes. How do they feel on my feet, do they hurt toes. Someone even asked about the press that barefoot running is bad for you. (runningbarefootisbad). I’ll try to give feed back …