Posted in personal, Technology on Aug 29th, 2011 15 Comments »
In the same manner I did with my HP TouchPad list of annoyances, I need to offer this disclaimer to diffuse any hate mail from hard core fans of Windows Phones. Here it is: Windows Phone is the best mobile operating system available today. I have a Samsung Focus (running the Windows Phone Mango beta), [...]
Posted in personal, Technology on Jul 28th, 2011 22 Comments »
I picked up an HP TouchPad the other day… Before I even used this tablet, I really liked idea of this device for several reasons: full multitasking (yes, REAL multitasking in a mobile architecture) inductive charging it’s not tied to any desktop software like iTunes it also includes Flash in the browser, but that is [...]
Posted in Technology on Jul 18th, 2011 No Comments »
OK, this utility won’t really make Windows look like Windows Phone, but it seems Metro is everywhere these days. I just posted a note about making Windows 7 look like Windows 8, then I found this Metro Home open source project. This utlity/app/gadget will add a very nice looking metro styled info pane on your desktop. As a user [...]
Posted in personal, Photography, Technology on Oct 25th, 2009 1 Comment »
I took the boys and dogs for a walk in our backyard this afternoon and of course I took a camera. I saw a tree with a single leaf hanging on and had to grab a shot. After some processing in Photoshop and Nik’s Color Efex Pro, I came up with a nice Autumn theme [...]
Posted in Technology on Oct 25th, 2009 6 Comments »
5/20/11 Note: For those of you still on Windows Mobile 6.5, I highly suggest you look into installing a custom ROM on your phone. The carriers release these phones and rarely go back and provide updates. As a result, your operating system is usually VERY out of date. Plus, a custom ROM gives you a [...]
Posted in Technology on Oct 21st, 2009 9 Comments »
Note from 2010: For those of you still on Windows Mobile 6.0 or 6.5, I highly suggest you look into installing a custom ROM on your phone. The carriers release these phones to market and rarely go back and provide updates. As a result, your operating system is stuck at a point in time and [...]
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