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Thank you, Steve Jobs

Michael — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:39:57 +0000

My mom got an Apple ][e when I was 9 years old. During these formative years she taught me BASIC programming on Apple DOS 3. I used that computer for games and learning and even as a presentation tool for my elementary school project that year. Over the years I played around with a huge [...]

Dracula Is A Sparkly Vampire Compared To AT&T

Michael — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:00:34 +0000

So here’s the deal…Tuesday, June 15 I woke up early to pre-order my new iPhone 4. I had an iPhone 3g and being 2 1/2 years old, it was getting a bit long in the tooth. While the AT&T servers were committing seppuku for being unprepared for the onslaught of orders, I somehow managed to [...]

Big Tobacco – Little Minds (an e-cig story)

Michael — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:25:08 +0000

Last year the FDA put out a report about how e-cigarettes (personal vaporizers) are toxic and dangerous. Their unbiased tests and fair results reflect a huge cross-section of – oh who am I kidding. They tested two brands that are generally regarded as crap and found faint traces of a couple of potentially harmful substances [...]

An e-Cigarette Story

Michael — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:02:36 +0000

I have a 13 year old daughter. She has been on my case for years for me to quit smoking. Now understand that I started smoking Marlboro Reds when I was 15. I’m 35 now and over the years my list of brands includes Marlboro Reds and Lights, Camel Filters, Wides, Lights, and No. 9′s, [...]

Hashtags to Cash Bags

Michael — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:33:20 +0000

The first I heard of this marketing method was with Squarespace. Now I had already heard of this hosting company because I listen to several of the TWiT (no relation to Twitter…besides, TWiT was first) podcasts and they are an advertiser there. But then I caught wind of a marketing campaign they were kicking off…using [...]

Google Waves Goodbye To Old Messaging

Michael — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:01:19 +0000

If you look at the ways we communicate online, you’ll find they are nothing more than fresh paint on archaic methods…some of which date back to the days of six-shooters and stage coaches. All of the innovations thus far have been in the form of bolt-on extras. It’s kind of like duct taping an iPod [...]

Why Does Comcast Fail?

Michael — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:44:59 +0000

Can someone explain how a corporation that has obviously obtained a fair amount of market success could be so stupid as to release this awful “upgrade” to their guide? I’ll be the first to admit that the old system was light-years behind Tivo…but this? Calling this new guide an upgrade is like smashing your mother [...]

Macbooks Are Sexy

Michael — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:33:00 +0000

The longer I write about technology, the more I realize I sound like an Apple fanboy. I’m sure some of you already feel that way about me. You’re wrong, but nothing in the Windows PC market has really come out to grab my attention. Let’s be honest, they’re just as much “clone” computers today as [...]

Apps Examined – iPhone Owns Us (Yay?)

Michael — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:06:39 +0000

Or my Vowel post…whichever way you want to look at it. C’mon…it’s so simple. The first letter in each word of the title…AEIOU (and sometimes Y). Sheesh. So I promised a quick list of apps that are just absolute must haves for me. Some of these are useful, most are geeky to some degree and [...]

iPhone or WinMo?

Michael — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:27:25 +0000

I have now been with an iPhone for a couple of weeks. This has given me time to toy around with the interface and let the new wear off of the novelty. It has also given me time to delve into a few of the productivity apps that one can get for free from the [...]