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 …
Replaced Our "Tivo"… with a Tivo
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 …
Caspar Babypants: Fun Music for Kids that won't Drive You Crazy
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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The MacBook Air – My Next Mac
I currently use two Macs on a daily basis – a 27" iMac and a 15" MacBook Pro. I use the iMac for gaming, graphics, photography, and heavy development work. I use the MacBook Pro for general internet surfing and writing. My MacBook Pro is almost four years old now, and while it still handles …
New Images on Front Page
It's been over a year since I added images to the slideshow on the front of my site so I finally decided to add some more. Take a look at the homepage to check them out!
Customer Service
I have a third generation iPad and I love it, except for the home button which hasn't quite worked right since I received it. In order get it to work, you have to press really, really hard or hit it in one specific corner. Quitting and switching apps is difficult so I've been using the …
Relatively Ambitious 