After an almost year long love-hate relationship with the iPhone, it looks like firmware 2.1 FINALLY brought the much needed stability it should have had from the start. The love-in is on (for now). I have almost 9 full pages of applications on it, with MUCH fewer crashes. Viva la iPhone! (Disclaimer: I am NOT an Apple fanboy. I am … Read More
iPhone Redux
Now that I’ve had my iPhone for nine months and have had time to get to know it better, I can say for sure that it is one of my very favorite gadgets ever. I never thought I’d get so attached to a cell phone. But unlike previous handsets, I can’t seem to go more than 10-15 minutes without taking … Read More
On Technogeek Fatherhood
My son, my firstborn, wondrous, future wunderkind came wailing into the world just over three weeks ago. It was, as all human births, a miracle. Never have I laughed and cried so hysterically, simultaneously. (There WERE complications. I never realized until the birth of my own child what a risky business being born is!) So let’s get the well worn … Read More
Windows Vista and My Patience
Assuming this is real, it is a crying shame for Redmond. (Though not as quite as shameful as the rollback to XP options being offered by many PC vendors.) Like countless others, I was counting the days til February 15th-the originally-leaked date for the first service pack release for the beleaguered OS. Now it looks like it will be at … Read More
The iPhone: 21st Century Sex Toy
From the depths of my pants pockets it beckons to me:”Take me out. Play with me. Fondle me…” Apple’s “Tech Product of the Year” isn’t my first smartphone. Two handsets ago, I owned a Cingular 8125, a very functional Windows Mobile device with a slide out QWERTY (which I never used). But I don’t remember it talking to me like … Read More
The Worst Toilet in Silicon Valley
Okay. This isn’t really it. In fact, I don’t know if it IS a photo of the REAL “Worst Toilet in Scotland” from “Trainspotting”. But it’s not far off from the brown splattered atrocity I often walk into on my floor. The fifth floor where I work is what some might call “an all sausage party”: WAY too many males … Read More
Anatomy of a Thwarted eBay Scam
How embarrassing: As a nine year member of the eBay community (mostly as a seller) you’d think I would see this one coming. Luckily, I caught it JUST in time. Here follows a cautionary tale for other users…I had an item on the auction block that was won by a bidder who had only been a member for about two … Read More