Technology

admin on August 12th, 2011

Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Gtalk, and lots of blogs to read and respond to.  Social interaction and connectivity seems to be the buzzword these days.  I connect to the “social media” hive through multiple conduits.  I connect through my work computer,  laptop, Blackberry Storm and now my iPad 2.  It is almost as if I [...]

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admin on April 29th, 2011

Tomorrow is the big day and Katy will be taking her state board exam for teachers in South Carolina.  I am proud that Katy has overcome the many obstacles that she has had to endure to get to this point.  Katy finished her B.S. degree at University of Texas at Austin  in 1984 and she [...]

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admin on March 24th, 2011

Thanks to Michael Carnell I now have the WordPress app on my iPad. That means that I can post to my blog quickly from my iPad. That is too cool! The iPad keyboard will help me to fight the wordiness monster and form concise and meaningful sentences. I type approximately 65 to 70 wpm with [...]

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admin on February 19th, 2011

On our way to Greenville tonight Katy and I decided that we would stop in Columbia and eat at Fuddruckers on Bush River Road.  I fired up VZ Navigator on my Blackberry Storm 2 so that I could find the restaurant via the GPS app.  I searched and searched for Fuddruckers on VZ Navigator by [...]

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Does your child have a torrents client loaded on your home computer? If they do they are involved in peer to peer file sharing and most of the time that means they are downloading pirated copies of videos or software. Parents please be aware.

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Online Books, Poems, Short Stories – Read Print Library. I became helplessly addicted to Stumbledupon last night thanks to one of my IRC buddies and this is one of many resources that I “stumbled upon” last night. This is pretty nice if you ask me. Share this:

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How Google Wave Got Its Groove Back | Fast Company. I have been a part of the Google Wave beta every since last year and I am glad that Google is finally rolling out the changes that are outlined in the article above. I still believe that Google Wave is a long way from something [...]

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admin on April 30th, 2010

Hewlett-Packard To Kill Windows 7 Tablet Project. I have to tell you that I do not believe that there are many alternatives to the iPad. I am not an Apple fan boy but I can tell you that their products are solid and their customer service is stellar from what I have heard over the [...]

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State of the Art – Your Phone Is Locked, Just Drive – NYTimes.com. I must admit that I am just as guilty as the next mobile/smart phone user. I have a habit of texting and taking pictures with my crackberry while I am in the car driving down the road. Most of the time I [...]

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admin on April 10th, 2010

I use Google Docs and Google apps quite a bit these days. It is very convenient to have some of my documents available anywhere I have Internet access. This is an excellent article on the 10 simple Google tricks. 10 Simple Google Search Tricks – NYTimes.com. Share this:

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