Sally and I had a chance to catch up with our TiVo a bit yesterday. One of the things we watched was the pilot episode of 666 Park Avenue, which is a new ABC drama that runs on Sundays at 10 PM following Revenge (which we also watch). After seeing commercials for the show we …
Random Notes
The boys love watching the water pour out of the gutter on the garage. They think it is a faucet that we can turn on and off at will. They walk up to it, point at it, and look at us with those sad little eyes. Makes me wish I could turn on the rain. …
Mac Museum Mega Find – FREE PowerMac G4 w/ Display
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's iPhone 5 Event Summarized
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 …
Really HP?
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 …
Weekend of Labor
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 …
New Site Address
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: From Native to HTML 5 and Back
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 …
Android on My TouchPad
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 …
Taming Twins: 16 Month Update
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 …
Relatively Ambitious 