Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Issues Synching Amazon Kindle Notes and Highlights to iPhone

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

The Issue I don't mind reading Amazon Kindle books on my iPhone, but sometimes a bigger screen is nice. Thankfully Amazon has Kindle apps for PC, Mac, iOS, Android, etc. The issue I'm having is that my notes and highlights don't usually sync correctly from Kindle for Mac to Kindle for ...

AT&T Ramblings About iPhone 4′s Antenna Issues

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

The following conversation took place with AT&T Sales via LivePerson chat on September 11, 2010 at 7:10 PM ET: Jeremy Glover: When will the next iPhone be released? Tausha: We do not have any information for that, the new iPhone 4 just came out in June. Jeremy Glover: Why are they discontinuing the ...

How to backup your website

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Everyone knows (or should by now) that cheap web hosts (Bluehost, Dreamhost, MediaTemple, etc.) don't backup your data for you. So you'd better do it yourself. If you're on any respectable host, you should have ssh access to the box. Connect to your box via ssh and run the following commands ...

That’s the last time I buy from Dell

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Regrettably, Dell has canceled your recent order for a Dell Nuvi 275T GPS or Nuvi 265WT GPS Dear Customer, This is to notify you that, regrettably, Dell has canceled your recent order for a Dell Nuvi 275T GPS or Nuvi 265WT GPS. Due to our error, the system was shown ...

It pays to be pink. At least Garmin thinks so.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

For my mother's birthday I purchased a TomTom One 130. The updated maps had the other half of my road, so I was happy it could navigate more efficiently. Tonight I stumbled across a new site called DealWaiter. I plugged in "Garmin Nuvi" and it had a few results but ...

How do you watch your television shows?

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Midway through Heroes: Season 3 I realized how quickly video streaming technology has evolved in the last few years. Think about the multitude of ways you can now get your fix. Regular old TV Digital Video Recorder (DVR): TiVo, MythTV, cable box DVR Hulu YouTube (and other video-sharing sites) NetFlix's Watch Instantly Networks' websites (ABC, CBS, ...

Search on Walmart.com: What’s the point?

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

My back yard is full of bare spots so I thought it was time to re-seed. Since Walmart is usually cheaper than the competition, I check there first when I need something. I searched for "grass seed" on Walmart.com and got results that couldn't have been more off. No related posts.

Speed Up That Cheap Website with Cheap Amazon S3

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Do you have an economy-grade website host? Me too. BlueHost is great for only $6.95 per month but its response times and transfer rates are terrible. Fear not — Amazon S3 to the rescue. For pennies a day you can supplement your cheap website host using ...

My LG Dishwasher Is Having an Identity Crisis

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

We got a new dishwasher for Christmas (thanks Mom!) and I'm convinced it thinks it's an ice cream truck. Check out the video above to see what I'm talking about! The first time Kara heard it she thought I was playing Super Mario Brothers on my Nintendo. The Old: The ...

Software RAID 1 Performance on Ubuntu Server 8.04

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

A generous gift was bestowed upon me last week -- Dell's PowerEdge SC420 server. It came with two (2) 80GB hard drives which I have since replaced with two (2) 1TB hard drives. I decided to mirror these drives for the sake of redundancy using Linux's built-in software ...