I think things are finally back to normal. I’m not sure what happened to the end of summer, though. Preparing for the hurricane (buying canned goods, gas, getting a go bag ready), living with no power for a week (not as bad as it could have been), and then catching up on all [...]

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I am home with no power, power lines down and a cracked tree. But, it is a beautiful day, we are safe and I am updating the website and this blog from my phone. It is magic!
mary anne

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First, An Earthquake; Now, a Hurricane!
My motto is “Always Be Prepared For An Emergency!” One never knows what can happen to derail our happy little lives. I learned some important stuff from Tuesday’s earthquake. Do not try to leave your building while the tremor is happening. Take cover under a table [...]

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I loved my Palm Pilot.  I loved my Palm Treo Smart Phone.  I really liked my Palm Pre Plus Smartphone in spite of the fact that the number and quality of apps never compared to Apple.  It’s a sad day with the demise of webOS, the Palm phones, and especially the HP TouchPad (which runs; [...]

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Here’s a good article by Eric Griffith of PC Magazine on How to Watch Netflix Anywhere.  He lists how to do Netflix streaming on many different devices, including TVs, DVRs, Blu-Ray Players, WiiXbox, Sony PlayStation, Mobile devices (including iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, Android Phones, Windows 7 phones, and more).  Some work better than others but [...]

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One of the intruiging features of the new Apple operating system release and other device upgrades is iCloud (the replacement for MobileMe) which is supposed to allow for easy syncing of your data across all devices: Mac computers, iPads, iPhones, etc.  The pricing is listed in this ZDNet article by Zack Whittaker.  Also, iCloud is [...]

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Last night, this article from David Pogue in The New York Times really caught my interest!  “Free, legal, song-specific and convenient” music–what more could I want!  In order to try it, you must receive an invite from a friend or request one from Spotify.com.  I’ve requested mine and hope it comes for this weekend!  I’ll [...]

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In a New York Times article by Joshua Brustein, we are introduced to two apps, GrubHub and Seamless.  They are available free for iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry.  They allow you to order food online–easily and wordlessly.  While there is little coverage for our area in Seamless and no coverage yet in GrubHub, they will most [...]

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I’m very excited about Apple’s OS X Lion!  I upgraded the software on my iPod Touch and iPad this past weekend in preparation for upgrading my MacBook Air from Snow Leopard to Lion.  This first part of my upgrade went rather well and my portable devices are ready to sync (hopefully next weekend) when I [...]

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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes of ZDNet posted a very interesting article entitled “Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in serious trouble.”  He states that a judge ruled that “smartphone maker HTC has infringed two Apple patents, and it seems likely that every single Android device out there infringes the same patents.”  Yes, this is a [...]

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