Too many hobbies, not enough focus
Every now and then you find a truly great deal and boy did I find one this week. I happened to be browsing through Craigslist on Wednesday when I spotted an ad for a free Mac and display. The person was moving out of the country and wanted to get rid of it quick. I …
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Apple had its big event today to reveal the iPhone 5 and new iPods. It appears that the company has finally combined its iPhone and iPod Music events into one, moving the June iPhone announcement to October last year and September this year. It now occupies the same time frame as the original Music events …
Hewlett Packard released a few new products today, including a touch screen all-in-one called the Spectre One. It looks... well, like something I've seen before. It might, just might look somewhat similar to a computer I've seen before. Maybe. You be the judge. But HP does have that cool touch pad thing to go with it …
Whew, Labor Day weekend is over and boy did we do some labor! Our weekend started on Friday when we got to sleep in until 7:30! Jealous? I thought so. After playtime and morning chores we took a trip to the Salem Mall to drop my MacBook Pro off at the Apple Store to replace …
I have a slightly different site address now: jasontaylor.dyndns.org. This is different from my previous address which ended in .ath.cx. The reason for this change is because I use a site called dyndns.org to give me a web address and link it to my web server. It a free service that lets you choose from …
Facebook released version 5.0 of its mobile application for iOS yesterday touting greatly improved performance as its major feature. It looks almost exactly the same as the version it replaces but it runs much, much faster mainly due to a complete about-face the company made in terms of its application architecture and mobile strategy. Last …
It's been almost a year since I bought an HP TouchPad for $99. Since then it's been sitting on my desk as an occasional digital picture frame and clock. If you don't know what the TouchPad is, it is a tablet that was released in 2011 to compete with the iPad. Like the iPad it …
It's been a while and the boys have been busy growing, learning, and expanding. Here's what they've been up to. Dancing & Jumping The boys love music. Whenever we turn on music they both dance and sway. They each have their own style. Zach likes to twist around with his arms out while Adam likes …
In 1999 the Tivo introduced the world to digital video recording. It combined modern computing with the television by allowing users to schedule recordings based on an onscreen guide instead of manually programming a VCR for a specific time slot. It allowed users to subscribe to an entire season of a show and would record …
I generally don't like children's music. It's all "ring around the rosie" and nursery rhymes. It's too cheery and too cheesy. Yeah, I'm that parent, the one that won't let their kids listen to their own music. My one exception is Raffi. He's a bit on the folky side, but he's from our childhood so I …
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