We're trying out Verizon's little Jetpack hotspot, just to see if, at $50 per month, it's a better deal that the astronomical sum I pay each month to WildBlue for my satellite connection ( Read more... )

( received this vaguely threatening message from Google )

Here's an informative link about changing your google account settings to help ensure a modicum of privacy. I am under no illusion that I can completely protect myself from google's information-gathering prowess, but I'd like to do what I can ( Read more... )

Originally posted by anjak_j at Google Privacy Issues: Web History
If you are going to do this, you need to do it before March 1st. It has been said that users will not be able to do anything about this after that date.With reference to Google's policy changes and how everything you do with your Google account will be tied together into their super- ( Read more... )

I will miss him - his enthusiasm, his foresight and his insistence on creating products that anyone can use. I've been a mac user since the 1980s, and I wish I still had my first baby:

The Mac Plus:


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My irritation with twitter has reached a new high. A few days ago, Adobe Air offered an update which I did. Usually, it's not a problem. But this time the update made tweetdeck essentially inoperable I have uninstalled and reinstalled everything a couple of times to no avail ( Read more... )

The joys of living in a rural area include satellite internet. Not ( Read more... )

Just a word of warning: I've been looking over the latest complaints in in this post from the livejournal mavens, and it looks like autosave isn't working properly ( Read more... )

Trying to make stuff. It's a struggle. I can't seem to upload the little one as an icon.


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I feel like I'm about to go over a cliff. The spouse and I are considering the purchase of cell phones with an actual two-year plan. Until now, I've only had a TracPhone which is OK for emergencies and very little else ( Read more... )