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Technology

Oct
4
2009

LG HBS-200 and Asus Eee

Today’s bit of technological happiness is that I connected my LG HBS-200 bluetooth headset to the Asus Eee HE.  I don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner.  I’m not using it to talk on the phone.  And it sounds great.

[LG HBS-200]
Setting it up was a little weird.  It was discovered fine.  But it [...]

Sep
7
2009

Blog Site Cleanup

If you’ve read here before, you’ve probably noticed the changes: a return to a very clean theme for one.  I am also cleaning out categories, removing and adding better tags, and updated my about page.

Mac vs. PC by Ed Yourdon

I have been neglectful in the blog admin, busy with other things.  But now, I’m housekeeping [...]

Sep
6
2009

Air Force and Social Media

When I stumbled on this article at Mashable, I wondered how I had missed it.  I mean really, New Yorkers terrified by a military fly-by is certainly news.  Then I realized the flyover happened a few weeks after my Grandmother’s death.  So that explains how I missed it. 

[Air Force One]
DECLASSIFIED: The Air Force’s Social [...]

Sep
1
2009

Test of the Emergency Frog-cast System

This is a test of the Frog should stop messing around with her domain emergency broadcast system.  That, of course, is an unrealistic expectation, because she has also been known as geekgirl and pcbunny.  That was way before spam filters.  It was a joke.  And I had to give it up when spam filters arrived [...]

Aug
31
2009

AVG – Very Annoying

I have been using AVG for years.  It has recently become very annoying.  If you load it up with any kind of software that syncs your bookmarks; it will pester you endlessly about certificates and security.
Ugh.  I just want it to scan for virus and then go away.  Really.  AVG has always been an upsell [...]