• Google, Live, and WP7…

    I just spent almost 1/2 a day moving my 7 years of mail from Gmail to Live.com.  Live used to be Hotmail, and being a Microsoft product it integrates seamlessly into my Windows Phone.  It made sense I said.  How hard can it be I asked myself. You’re probably asking why I’d move my email… Read more

  • Windows Live

    I have to admit that it wasn’t difficult to update my phone to a different live ID. The fact I had to do it in the first place is ridiculous. All because Google’s new wide sweeping data policies is a little to scary even for a geek techy like me. More later most likely. Read more

  • Self-aware Internet……woah!

    We had a debate at work today on whether we think the Internet would become self-aware at some point in the near future.  While it was mostly conjecture that resulted in us ribbing each other for stupid ideas, it did start me thinking down a path that I hadn’t thought about for several years.  A… Read more

  • “My phone is better than yours!”

    Ok, I’ll admit it.  I got really burned up at the debate I had over lunch today.  I’ve had a smartphone since before they were called smartphones.  My first was a Palm Treo 650 (a brilliant device, but that’s another story) and it was considered a personal digital assistant that also doubled as a communication… Read more

  • SCADA – supervisory control and data acquisition

    I doubt most people heard about the water treatment facility that had their SCADA system hacked a few days ago that ultimately led to the facility to shutdown for several hours in Illinois.  Most Americans don’t even know what this system does for us or just how critical it is to our daily lives until… Read more

  • Sleeping at movies, not quite

    Driving into work today I thought of several things I wanted to talk about, things that were bothering me.  Now, as I sit staring at the white screen, my mind is blank.  I guess that, in itself, is something.  An ability that G is absolutely jealous of….  especially when attempting to get to sleep at… Read more