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- Dear Abby by Gary
There are a number of media personalities who define an era. Those of us in Generation X grew up with a few TV networks and a relative conformity in popular culture until the late 1980s. This led to a few names being instantly recognizable, even if they were originally marketed to our parents and not[...]
- What Does Gun Control Actua… by Gary
There is a great deal of hyperbole, misleading statistics, and just outright lying surrounding the great gun control debate. Conspiracy theorists have also thrown their crazy two cents into the mix, which may be entertaining but ultimately not helpful. I approach many things with a scientific mindset. That is not to say that I have no[...]
- It’s Not That Simple by Gary
Why do these things happen? Why do they keep happening? What can we do to stop them from happening? These are the obvious questions asked, screamed, and cried out whenever something as horrific as the Newtown murders or the Aurora murders reach the national news. We want things to make sense, and we want to[...]
- Tablet Thoughts by Gary
Two months ago and with the urging of my lovely bride, I splurged on a toy I did not need but has become quite frequently used – a Xoom tablet. For those not immersed in the Android geek zeitgeist, the Xoom was intended to be the first “Pure Android” tablet, the first one actually blessed by Google,[...]
- Surface = Zune by Gary
Microsoft’s announced Surface tablets remind me of Zune and not just because of the Metro interface. Sure, it looks nice. Almost everyone who ever touched a Zune said they were built phenomenally well. But there aren’t that many people who touched one. Why is that? Of course, the “late to market” problem is obvious. Zune came[...]
- They Grow Up So…well,… by Gary
The Boy really surprised me this Father’s Day. Part one of the surprise is that he actually remembered the day, although that may be thanks to Kat. The next part of the surprise is how nice a gift he got me. It was relevant and not cheap (Calphalon bakeware to replace some of the cheaper[...]
- Everybody’s Special by Gary
Seeing as many birthday parties as I do (helping Kat at her job), it’s obvious things are different from When I Was A Kid. The new kid order is further highlighted by the end of the school year, which I’ll get to in a moment. First, parties. Back when I was a kid, the only[...]
- Aero Dead by Gary
According to Microsoft’s Windows 8 blog, Aero is dead in Win8. This is being touted by many of the geek press as a long-overdue reduction in skeuomorphism, and a move to a “purely digital” view of the computer environment, rather than viewing everything on the computer as a metaphor for a real-world object. Of course, the[...]
- Tivo vs. MythTV by Gary
It’s been over a month since my MythTV DVR committed suicide and I replaced it with a Tivo from my cable company. I think I’ve explored the features enough to be able to deliver a decent comparison of the two. Overall, I think I’d be very satisfied with a Tivo if I’d never used MythTV.[...]
- We’ve Come a Long Way by Gary
Every so often, an event reminds me of the rapidly changing face of technology. I was reading a review of Gnome Shell this morning, and of course there’s the never-ending stream of iPad news this month…but the trigger for me this week was the purchase of a terabyte hard drive and being upset that it[...]
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- Gary about Dear AbbySure, Rosanne - feel free.
- Rosanne about Dear AbbyGary, may I share this? It made me snuffly. It's a beautiful eulogy.
- Gary about Tivo vs. MythTVIf you can handle the difficulty of using digital signals with MythTV (I believe the external HDHomeRun is the current ...
- Sydney about Tivo vs. MythTVThanks for posting this. I'm a TiVo user who is looking at possibly building a MythTV box. Always good to ...
- Morty about Tivo vs. MythTVI just switched from mythtv to tivo as well. And I also miss a lot of mythtv features. ...
- Gary about Kindle EmailI never get B&N ebooks, but I use Calibre to convert all my ebooks between formats. Besides old .LIT format ...
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