Archive for August, 2008
iPod Touch Review »
Rating: 4 WaterTowers My wife was deciding on an iPod or an iPod Touch. Being selfish, and wanting to play with the iPod Touch so I could write about it here, I encouraged her to spend the big bucks on a 32 Gig iPod Touch. I won! Hmmmm, in 25 years I think that is a first. The iPod Touch technology is beyond advanced. Great Job(s?) [...]
Clusty.com: Another Search Engine Option »
A few weeks ago I posted a Blog entry on a new search engine gathering a lot of excitement: Cuil.Today a friend commented on that Blog saying that she uses Clusty.com as a search engine.I had never heard of it, but, at first look it looks interesting. Let's give it a whirl.To compare Clusty directly with Google and Cuil, I ran a search on [...]
Watching the Olympics on NBC.com »
Rating: 5 WaterTowersOK..this is COOLI went to the nbc.com web site and signed up (all you need is your Zip code and browser...yes, Firefox works). Remember I have a Toshiba Laptop running Windows XP. Nothing fancy, nothing out of the ordinary.NBC is streaming live video using Microsoft Silverlight.Yikes! I never heard of Silverlight but here [...]
Linksys Wireless Router Installation and Review »
Rating: 4 WaterTowersThis past week I purchased and installed a Linksys Wireless Router for a client. But before I installed the system at their location, I tried it at home to make sure it worked. It did.ProductLinksys Wireless Router WRT54G2 comes in a sleek package looking more like a flying saucer than a wireless router. The router no [...]
Embed Video on a Blog »
It is actually very easy to embed a video on a blog. On YouTube, there is an easy way to grab a bit of code called: embed. Hmmmm, words that say what they mean.In a Blog, such as this one, you have to go into the "Edit HTML" mode and paste the embed code there.Easy as 1, 2, 3....copy the embed code, enter HTML Mode, paste the code.I have used [...]
