Category Archives: Tech

Tech related posts.

A few of my favorite web tools 0

Browser – Firefox My browser of choice for a while now has been Firefox. I used to use stuff like Networker, SlimBrowser and Maxthon which are all built upon the Internet Explorer engine and therefore are basically a different interface plopped on top of IE. The main reason I used them was for the tabbed [...]

Cool “device” – apparently not much of a phone 0

After reading various articles about the iPhone 3G performance (like the one below) I’m glad I stuck with Verizon and the LG Dare. Granted, Verizon reception isn’t perfect in our house (or neighborhood, for that matter), but it’s got to be better overall than what the people below are experiencing. Not good, AT&T & Apple. [...]

No more excuses for forgetting stuff 1

Thanks to Lifehacker (one of my most favoritest sites) I found this service called kwiry, which allows you to send text messages to it with notes, to-dos, calendar appointments, etc. which it then stores for you on-line for you to retrieve later. I’m constantly making notes in my cell phone, or taking a snapshot of [...]

Camcorder Blues 0

When Miranda was born I knew that we should have a camcorder to record events in her life not just for Mandy and I but for distant relatives as well. I had a hard time choosing which way to go. I wanted to do hi-def but the cost was prohibitive (hey, we just had a [...]

Dare Ya 0

Taking advantage of my New Every Two from Verizon I picked up the new LG Dare mobile phone, or the “vPhone” as I call it (meaning Verizon’s answer to the iPhone). Touch screen, 3.2MP camera/video camera, loads of nifty features. Loving it so far. It is a fingerprint magnet, though, so I’m searching for some [...]

The last few movies from my Nextflix rental history 0

Brick (2005) Plot: A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. (out of 5) This clever film is a nod to the film noir detective stories of the 30′s. It stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (the kid from the TV show “3rd Rock [...]