A rant; mostly. You have been warned. Mobile devices are great, as long as there is a power source nearby to recharge them since for the most part they suck the juice quickly. This hit home for me as I was checking thru security at the airport in Thunder Bay with my electronic boarding pass [...]
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Power to the people… or, Let my people surf.
Posted: 10th May 2012 by tcg in hardware, iphone, technologyTags: airplanes, airports, hardware, iphone, technology, WiFi
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Blackberry Playbook: The little me-too that’s hopefully not a little too late
Posted: 14th January 2012 by tcg in apps, hardware, reviews, technologyTags: blackberry, BlackBerry PlayBook, hardware, Rim, tablets
A friend of mine was having issues setting up his Christmas gift: a 32gb BlackBerry Playbook. So I offered to help out. Having always been one to enjoy fiddling with new(ish) tech, I looked at it as an opportunity to explore the world of BlackBerry that I had left behind many, many years ago when [...]
iPod Nano 1st gen Replacement. Too bad car manufacturers don’t do this.
Posted: 10th January 2012 by tcg in Apple, hardware, iPod, reviews, technologyTags: Apple, hardware, iPod, iPod Nano, nano replacement program, technology
A while back I got this email from Apple about the Apple Nano replacement program and in checking into it found out we did indeed have one of these 1st gen Nanos in our house, buried in a desk drawer unused for years, thankfully not bursting into flames. The process was simple. Check the serial [...]
DLNA and Smart TVs. Media sharing made easy.
Posted: 26th October 2011 by tcg in Apple, hardware, iphone, Mac OSX, software, technologyTags: DLNA, free, hardware, LED LCD TV, Mac OSX, networking, Samsung TV, Smart Hub, Smart TV, software, technology
When I got my new Samsung LED/LCD TV, I was excited by some of the new features and especially interested in the whole Smart HUB side of things. From what I knew, it would enable me to share media directly with the TV from my computer. Upon further investigation it seemed the answer to whether [...]
A rant: Because you should, not because you can.
Posted: 21st March 2011 by tcg in hardware, technologyTags: dumb ideas, hardware, peeves, rant, technology
Because you can isn’t always reason to do something. Take the Swiss Chalet TV channel for instance, (http://www.swisschalet.com/) Rogers TV channel 208. (Sorry Bell users, no rotating chickens on a spit for you) Seriously? Why do we need this? Just because it can be done doesn’t mean someone needs to spend the time, energy and [...]