May 2011 Blog Posts (19)

Hey everybody and welcome to another edition of AppleTalk Thursday. Got another week of a lot of Apple related news so let's get right into things.

iCloud Service getting Closer

Apple is apparently depending on which sources you read, have agreements with or are nearing…

Hey everyone and welcome to another edition of Tuesday Tech Talk. We got some tech news to cover and a product review, so let's dive right into things.

HP Chooses USB 3.0 over Thunderbolt

Further proof that HP is not an innovator as they have chosen USB 3.0 over Thunderbolt despite the fact that Thunderbolt is at least twice as fast as USB 3.0 and can support multiple devices from…

Hey gang and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday, a blog about all things Google and things related to Google. Let's see what is happening this week.

Google I/O Keynote Videos

Last week Google had their I/O developers conference were they announced their ChromeBooks and Beta Music service. Well, they have since posted videos of the keynotes so if you weren't…

I received an interesting email yesterday from my orthopedist. It was an email with my x-rays showing the break(s) in my leg.

From what I saw it looks like there are actually two breaks. So if you are interested, here they are:…

Whether or not they will admit it to you, many contractors have more free time now than ever before. Obviously it's because we (past tense for me) aren't as busy.

During the final year of my subcontracting business I had quite a bit of free time. I was starting Blue Collar Coaching at the time but it was slow going as I was trying to find…

Howdy everyone and welcome to another edition of AppleTalk Thursday. We got a lot of Apple news to cover so let's dig right in.

New iMacs Hard Drive Upgrades Need Custom Installation

Due to the configuration of the new Thunderbolt-based iMacs, doing a hard drive update on your own may not be as easy as it was on previous systems and…

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Tuesday Tech Talk. Quite a few topics with some opinion in this week's edition so let's get right down to things this week.

Why Tablets are outselling PC's and eReaders

Read a great article on MacWorld about how according to Nielsen, more people are ditching their PC's, e-readers, and MP3 players for tablet devices like the Apple iPad. The…

For three days this week I will commute to work on my bicycle. I did not realize the extent of the planning required to make this happen until this past weekend.

Due to personal schedule conflicts I prefer to drive my car on Wednesday afternoon and all day Friday. I came up with a plan to drive to work on Monday morning, ride my bike home Monday, round-trip on the bike Tuesday, and ride to work Wednesday. Since we host a Life Group at our home on Wednesday evenings I will…

Here is a quick story about two neighbors that I have. The first one; This is someone that only has his self interest in mind. This is a person that drove me crazy to move my bike from the common area of our building so that his wife could have a secure spot for their $1,200 baby stroller (No that isn't a misprint. There are $1,200 baby strollers and people buy them. Why? I have no clue). Tuesday afternoon when I returned from breaking my leg (this is pre ER visit) once the kid got…

Hey everyone and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday. This week Google had their I/O developer conference and brought out some cool stuff. So let's see the goodies.

ChromeBooks

Course the biggest news at Google I/O is the ChromeBook. These are laptops made by third party manufacturers Samsung and Acer and they will be…

Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of AppleTalk Thursday. We have quite a bit of Apple news so let's get right into the mix.

iOS 5 to Support Over the Air Updates

There is a lot of speculation that Apple is negotiating with Verizon to offer over the air updates for iOS devices starting with version 5 of the iOS. This would be great as it would be one less…

It looks like my biking season is pretty much over. Yesterday while riding I wiped out on my bike while making a left turn. It seems that my front tire lost all of the air that was in it and gave out while I was making the turn and that resulted in my crashing in the middle of Foster Avenue (literally - I was on the double yellow lines). At first I thought it was just a bad sprain but the pain continued and was worse than I've ever felt before. Since I had to be home to take care of the kid…

I am on a journey to lose weight and to save money/ pay down debt as my wife and I await the arrival of our first child. We are mostly following the Dave Ramsey Baby Steps to get debt free and I am on LoseIt! and MyFitnessPal to track my excercise and calories for weight loss.

Last month I was inspired to ride 260…

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of AppleTalk Thursday. Got quite a bit of Apple news this week so let's get right into things.



New iMacs are Here!



On Tuesday Apple unveiled a new line of updated iMac computers. Among the…

Greetings everyone and welcome to another edition of Tuesday Tech Talk. Got a few items to get into so let's dive right in.

Eye-Fi Brings Wireless Connectivity to Phones and Tablets

Eye-Fi the popular wireless SD card maker for digital cameras is now making it easier to send your photos to your iOS and Android smartphone and tablet devices without…

Looking out my bedroom window today, I saw a picture of somewhere near perfect. I saw the new blooming plant life and the green grass, but I also saw litter and debree of things people didn't bother to put in the trash. It made me think, do we take advantage of the beauty that is right in front of us? It made me think of previous actions of being a small part in turning some parts of the world to look near to a dumpster. Things like dropping a wrapper, yet it didn't really matter to me so I…