I’m giving up on my MacBook Air
I’m pretty upset today because I finally decided to give up on my beloved MacBook Air. It’s been a love hate relationship almost since the very beginning, but the frustration I experienced while trying...
View ArticleHow to make the Sprint Novatel u727 EVDO modem work in Snow Leopard
As expected, I upgraded my MacBook Pro to Snow Leopard and my Sprint Novatel u727 EVDO modem wouldn’t work. Basically the problem is you don’t need the SmartView software, but it fails to uninstall. So...
View ArticleQuoted on MSNBC.com
Thanks to my friend Craig Eugea I noticed I was quoted in an MSNBC.com article. You know it really never gets old to see your name in print. It has been some time for me as well. In fact the last one...
View ArticleIntroducing Home Automation Roundup
Have you ever thought about getting into Home Automation, but you just aren’t sure where to start? Well you can start where I did with the great advice and knowledge of my friend Dave “Utah” Evans...
View ArticleCanceling cable: the failed experiment
Last April I told you about how I canceled cable and was living on over-the-air HD and Blu-ray Discs for my families HD needs. At the time my plan was to add cable in time for football season. It was a...
View ArticleOh how people can change: Me and 3D
There is a lot of negativity around 3D and I feel like I’m defending it at every corner. Well my friend Mari won’t let me forget about this snarky email I sent her on March 25th of 2009 in response to...
View ArticleHow to reset Windows 7 Media Center
This is the darker side of Windows Media Center, the side that exposes you’re using a PC for a DVR. But it’s also the type of thing you can fix yourself pretty easily if you know how. You know how it...
View ArticleThe smaller the iPad, the bigger the dock
The Apple store didn’t have any docks when I bought my iPad 2 and a few weeks later no dice either. So I broke down and ordered it online and waited over a week. I opened the box and about fell over,...
View ArticleBroadcast TV will never die, ever
While there’s certainly no doubt that the future of TV is about to change more drastically then it ever has in the past 80 or so years, one thing that won’t change is the need to broadcast programming...
View ArticleWhy Apple isn’t releasing a TV
This was originally posted on Engadget but it was deemed to be more appropriate here as it is more in line with my personal voice than with Engadget’s. The internet was ablaze upon the release of the...
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