Category: Technology
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Steve Jobs, Rest In Peace
I had already heard the news via Twitter when Vanessa walked up the stairs after arriving home from work. “Have you heard?!?” Vanessa wouldn’t care about the death of the ex-CEO of Apple, so I was really curious about what would get her so animated. “Steve Jobs died!” Wait, my technologically-adverse wife, who has forbid…
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Twitter down?
Twitter seems to be quite a mess tonight. Twitter.com is randomly redirecting to other sites, when it loads no users seem to exist. API isn’t responding. Haven’t seen this reported anywhere else, but now Twitter.com is showing errors. Update: They updated their status blog and, now, all is good in the world.
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To Cut The Cord?
Vanessa and I had a Lenten conversation last night. It wasn’t particularly spiritual, but it was sacrificial. In our review of life, one thing we both admit is we watch too much TV. We don’t watch anything bad, just too much. Throw in a DVR and we’re recording hours of shows that we would, previously, only…
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What Do You Hate About Facebook?
I found this video via Michael Hyatt’s blog: For me, the large chunks of time that seemingly disappear anytime you type “facebook.com” into your browser. I’ll go on to look up someone’s phone number (one of the original purposes of the site) and the next thing I know, I’m reading comments on a status update…
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The Old Days
For the second time today, I find myself at the closest coffee shop to La Casa de Kraft, which happens to be Starbucks. It isn’t for the coffee, the atmosphere that makes me forget that I’m anywhere other than Anyplace, USA or wanting to be the butt of any Starbucks jokes. I need Internet. Our…
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Back to the Stone Age
Today, I ended my BlackBerry data plan. With a kid on the way, a two-income household becoming a single-income household, and trying to move toward a more balanced online/offline life, I cut the cord. My job doesn’t require me to be able to respond to an e-mail within 10 minutes no matter when or where…