UPDATE: May 2019 I guess they are gone. Hmmmm, even great ideas don’t make it sometimes. 😦 In the old days, I gave a ton of speeches at conferences on video conferencing technology. At the end of my talk, during the Q&A session, two people stood in the audience with wireless microphones that they would give to audience members who
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This was published in early 2007 or 2006 (I moved to WordPress in Nov 2007). Way back then, the cell phone was used mostly for talking and people were walking around with their cell phones plastered to their ear. Times have changed: Texting (and other Smartphone features) have made all the difference. Enjoy. — Cell Phone and Brain Cancer Theory
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A few years ago, I lost my watch and searched everywhere for it. No luck. But, since I had a smartphone, I decided that I could live without my watch. Interestingly, at about the same time, the whole world decided that watches were passe. But as is the case in life eventually good things come back, and watches are a
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Happy GEEKmas 2014 This year I will link to some really cool GEEK stuff on Amazon Smile as well as other places. If you purchase your GEEKmas gift on Amazon Smile you can help ForCarol.com spread the word about safe driving and help us provide college scholarships for Tracy, CA scholars. Select ForCarol.com as your charity of choice! — Frozen
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Got a Samsung (I have an S4) Android phone and need to take a screenshot? Here is how you do it. Hold the power button down and the main / home button on the bottom of the phone…SIMULTANEOUSLY Look in your pictures….. Easy as 3.14. Here is a GREAT video from Android Authority that covers more devices. Happy Screenshotting….. Geek Christmas
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GO HERE FOR MY 2013 GEEK CHRISTMAS LIST Assuming we make it to Christmas this year….think Mayan calendar…here are some cool GEEK gifts to buy your favorite NERD for Christmas. 🙂 Thanks to former AltamontCowork coworkers Tom and Dave, the Gardner twins, for helping pick geeky additions to this list. – Bluetooth Handset Gloves What nerd would
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GO HERE FOR MY 2013 GEEK CHRISTMAS LIST Buy your geek a great Christmas gift. But what to get? Here is what I (and a few friends) would like. Yup…Geeks all! 🙂 This list is in random order, but, within chaos you can find order. iPad2 This is pretty easy. As a video conferencing geek, the video conferencing apps on this
Read moreSurfing the Internet today I spotted this article from the NY Times stating that a new Nook eReader has been introduced! Very cool. Here are some basics of the $139 eReader: It is WiFi only, it uses e-ink technology so glare will not be a problem, the entire display is touch screen, they claim the battery can last (without WiFi
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