Archive for the 'technology' Category
Back in the old (eek!) days of the VCR, I used to record shows and keep lots of them for future viewing. My friends have tons of VHS tapes in their library still.
When I got my first DVR/PVR, I stopped recording to tapes and everything goes on that box. I have a DVD recorder but [...]
I realized that I haven’t recounted my technology inventory and so perhaps it’s a good idea to do so.
TV - LG 42″ PlasmaDigital Cable with HDScientific Atlanta 8300HD Cable PVR/DVRToshiba Up-converting DVD PlayerPlaystation 2Ipod Nano with Video 3rd GenerationShure SE110 Sound isolating headphonesBelkin TuneFM Transmitter for IpodGeneric PC - 3GHz, 2GB of RAM, 256 MB [...]
It’s true. We really are our own worst enemy.
Social engineering attacks are becoming so common that we see them daily in our email. We hear about people getting swindled at their homes too. A phone call comes in and you’ve won a contest for a free vacation. Sure, sometimes they are just marketing ploys to [...]
This weekend is Victoria Day weekend in Canada and next weekend is Memorial Day weekend in the U.S. I’ll be leaving town and going to a quiet little town in Ontario where we have a nice trailer in a private campground with a lake.
When I go away for the weekend, pretty much ever weekend from [...]
Yesterday, Rogers announced a new service in Canada called “unlicensed mobile access” (or UMA), under the Fido brand. I’m sure it is obvious what that is, right?
Yeah.
It is positioned as an innovative way to “cut the cord” - the home phone cord. If you have high speed Internet access at home, Rogers will let you [...]
Well, like a horse rushing out of the starting gate, only to stop dead at the 1/4 mile mark, Rogers has thrown out the carrot on the stick! The Apple iPhone is finally coming to Canada in 2008. End of story … for now!
Wow, what else can you say? Not “Wow” because the [...]
I first learned about the Harmony remote a few years ago. I had a co-worker who talked about owning one and loving that he could put the channel/network logos on the remote so he could more easily find the shows that he wanted. I think, at the time, the remote was around $400 so I [...]
I keep hearing about the great “G3” mobile phone Internet service available in the U.S. I usually just think “huh?” and keep going. But today I decided to look into it a bit. Canada is always way behind the U.S. providers so I wasn’t expecting to find much.
It seems Rogers Wireless uses the [...]
I’ve always liked playing games on my mobile phone, at least with the last two phones that I’ve owned. I particularly like simple games like Tetris, Bejeweled, Block Breaker and Bubble Bash. They are an easy way to kill time when waiting for someone or when on a break from work. Before I had a [...]
Do you subscribe to any “digital magazines”? I’m not talking about web sites that claim to be magazines. I’m talking about the ones that are actually a true magazine converted to a digital format in which you can flip through the pages like a real magazine.
I currently get two magazines in this format:
eWeekComputerWorld Canada
I used [...]
