Category: Web/Tech
Restore posts and comments from an old mysql backup of WordPress
I was talking to my wife about her blog, Poots and Pans, and she was asking about the old blog I used to do with some friends, so I thought I would get my old posts back from old backups to look at my old content. I looked through old emails to find the latest…
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Compare Android phones with DroidThing
I was looking at cell phones for my wife whose contract is up in a few months. We could always go with an iPhone on AT&T or Verizon, but there is a premium you pay for going with one of those carriers. So I thought I would look at some of the second tier carriers…
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Get Angry Birds Rio for Free on AT&T Droids
So, today Angry Birds Rio came out. Not only did it just come to the market, but it also came to Amazon’s new App store FOR FREE for the Android as well. Unfortunately for those of us on the AT&T side of things, this means that we can’t install it as the file comes from…
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Androidify Android app
So I just got a new app on my phone that I think is pretty cool. Its called androidify and it is built by Google. This app allows you to create your own android avatar that is similar to the android mascot for their phones. If you have an android phone, I would suggest trying…
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How do you shop for tech?
photo credit: {Guerrilla Futures | Jason Tester} I do a lot of research for many different people in my life where I am the research person when it comes to technology. And as you are reading this blog, I would say you are much in the same boat. My question I pose to you is…
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The Ideal Home Network
photo credit: KIUI staff I have been thinking a bit lately about what my ideal home network would look like. What kind of toys and tech would it take to fill all of my needs at home in the most efficient/coolest way possible? I got the idea from a recent video tour of Mark Pendergrast’s,…
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The Chumby One – Cheaper but just as wonderful
A few months back Chumby announced the Chumby One. We got ours in just before Thanksgiving and I am loving mine. Let me tell you what a Chumby is exactly. It is an internet connected, touch screen, wifi alarm clock with 1,500 different widgets you can add to personalize it and use however you see…
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Windows Home Server – My New Toy
I know i haven’t written in quite a bit, but I think I may have to start back up as I don’t see as many people as I used to, and I like to be the person who informs others of interesting articles or other findings. My latest toy is my new Windows Home Server.…
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How We Dropped Cable
The Idea A couple of months ago we started looking at how we could save money on the things we really didn’t need so we would have money for the things we really wanted to spend money on. One of the things we looked at and thought we could do without was cable television. We…
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YouTube – Humanity Lobotomy – Second Draft
YouTube – Humanity Lobotomy – Second Draft I really suggest you watch this video. This is a major issue with the future of the internet, and our government is the only one that can keep it from happening.
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