Happy Third, Gmail

Three years ago today, many people thought Google’s announcement of a new mail service was a hoax. It wasn’t.
I won’t celebrate my third year using Gmail until July, but the past 2 years, 9 months, has changed how I use and access my email. Yes, it’s still in beta and bad things happen occasionally, but [...]

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Gadget Mania: USB TV Tuner

I think it’s either because it’s spring and a man’s fancy turns to gadgets… or the same is true regardless of the season. I’m in need of something new to play with.
Enter the Elgato Eye TV Hybrid USB card, along with a new Terk HD indoor antenna.
Ever since they started making those little sticks with [...]

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The Replacement Treo 700p…

… is working. When I push the on button, it turns on. It hasn’t locked up, requiring a reboot. I’m not missing calls anymore, whereas it used to lock up while in the standby position; I would assume it was working, wonder why I hadn’t received the expected call, try to turn the phone on, [...]

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A New Home for Montreal Notebook

it’s here.

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Saturday Morning: Not Among the Snowbound

11am: Sunny 18 degrees
Chilly and windy, but a pleasant day, otherwise. It’s so odd to think that just to the west of the city, Interstate 80 is still closed because of snow. Interstate 35 north of the city is closed, too.
The latest.
It’s odd because we got off so lightly here – somewhere around 3 inches. [...]

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After the Snow

:It won’t upload properly to my Tumblog… so here it is: home, post-blizzard, at 11:10 am this morning. We got less snow than expected. Officially, the city got 5 inches, but it’s hard to judge because of the high winds. When you’re out and about, it looks more like we got an inch or two [...]

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Apps I’m Waiting For

ScrybeVirtual UbiquityOffline Gmail

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