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Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Comcast HDTV Cable Box Installation

    Comcast HDTV Cable Box Installation

      As many of you know, I had a cable card installed in my Sony HDTV. That card has given me very good service for the past 4 years, but, in the past year or so, I have periodically lost signal to many stations we watch. To get those stations back, I have to call…

  • Telecommute

    Gas prices have come down.     I went to the gas station yesterday and paid $1.94 for a gallon of gas.  For a starving blogger, this is good news.  I now have more precious $$ in my pocket for other things (Did someone say beer at The Great Plate?) Do you stop thinking about telecommuting?…

  • Google Gmail Video Chat Review

    Rating: 3 WaterTowers Summary I signed up for Gmail (twice) and then downloaded the Google Videoconferencing application to see how well it works. Result: It works well although it appears to be limited to point-to-point video and text chat (i.e. no whiteboard or app sharing). Is it easy enough for “GrandMa” to use? No. But,…

  • Google Adds Videoconferencing to Gmail

    Google announced yesterday (see this article from Bloomberg) the addition of videoconferencing capability to it’s Gmail service.  Bloomberg also says it is available to users of Google Apps. Looks like I have some signing up to do! I’ll give the VC over Google a try and review it here in a day or two…. TelBitConsulting.com…

  • Election Day Technology – Hologram Reporter

    If you were not watching CNN last night…here is a very cool application they used to talk to a reporter in Grant Park in Chicago. Hologram reporter….very cool. Embedded video from CNN Video If anyone knows a techie person at CNN who can give me the details, I’d love to post a simplified version of…

  • Obama Wins!

    At last…at long last….we have HOPE.  

  • Google Chrome Review

    Rating: 3.5 WaterTowers I have been seeing a smattering of Google Chrome browsers hitting my blogs and main web site so I decided to find out more. I downloaded Google Chrome a few days ago and have now made it my “default” browser. Really quickly here is what I have found out: Google Chrome has…

  • VUDU Introduces HDX

    VUDU Introduces HDX

    UPDATE July 2023: This is a History lesson in streaming video. Enjoy! 🙂 If you have not yet experienced VUDU Internet streaming of movies…..now may be the time. As you may know, I am a big fan of VUDU and now even more so. Check out my review of VUDU here. With over 6000 movie…

  • Garmin Nuvi 350 Review

    Garmin Nuvi 350 Review

    Update July 2023: I completely forgot about this blog! Consider this a HISTORY of technology lesson. 🙂 Enjoy! Rating: 4 WaterTowers To help my wife navigate with out reading a map (like she can do that) and without me….we purchased a Garmin Nuvi 350 GPS (Global Positioning System….hmmmm, in the old days is was Satellite…oh…

  • Teaching Update

    After 8 full weeks, my long term sub position has ended. What an experience! We were all sad it ended even though we all knew this day would come. I have learned a lot about teaching (do I still want to teach as my “encore” career?…..YES!) and have learned what not to do, what to…