Author: Andrew
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A sea of apps…. I’m drowning!
I’ve literally spent the last 2 hours going through the Windows Phone Marketplace (iTunes for Microsoft phones if you don’t know) and have come to several conclusions: It’s a terrible waste of time to “browse” looking for something interesting. There are thousands of apps to review (and this is the…
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Half-assed Tech
I should know better by now than to trust that technology, any technology, is implemented in such a way that its actually trustworthy enough to do what you expect it to do. It seems that the more complex and cumbersome something is to install, administer, and maintain the harder it…
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Change at the speed of technology
I think the hardest part for most people to cope with when it comes to technology in general is the speed at which it changes. Take my obvious change of template design. Small potatoes when you consider the ground breaking work being done right now at most companies, but my…
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Mango, mobile phones, happy geeks everywhere!
Anyone with a Windows Phone right now knows EXACTLY what the title means. For those of you who currently sport an iPhone, Android “something”, or a Crackberry, here’s the short of it. Mango is the code-name for Windows Phone 7.5 and it was just released to the owners of Windows…
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LEDs are the wave of the future, really
Personally, I’m generally not a subscriber to fads unless they’re backed up with indisputable proof. There are certain laws of science and mathematics that need to be factored before something is truly too good to be true. The tornado air intake attachment for a vehicle air-intake is one that isn’t…
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Do we really “know” the Internet?
I came to work today with a hat on because it was so nice I had all the windows down in my car. The hat has a graphic on the front similar to the hat Mike Myers wore in Wayne’s World and says “WAN’S WORLD”. “Man, you liked those movies…
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Smartphones don’t make you “smart”
I was at my 2nd job, which really is my former job where I’m sort of helping out… anyway, was there talking about the impending “mango” update for my Windows smartphone with another, and they asked me “Does it make you smarter?” with a chuckle. Normally I don’t get caught…
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Windows Phone
Windows Phone. Ooooooooo boy, it’s coming! Can’t hardly wait (wasn’t that a movie too?)