Category Archives: gadgets

Goals in life: Questionable

Back from Alaska, and it was a fine time indeed. Saw lots of natural beauty, plenty of wildlife, and a few museums. A good trip. Much good food, in fact, too much – I came home at 193.6 and need … Continue reading

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An unfortunate pattern.

When something happens only once, it’s possible that it’s a unique event. When something happens more than once, it starts looking like a pattern. That’s about as “deep” as I get in the morning. At any rate, the pattern in … Continue reading

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More phone lust

Before the Nokia 6630, I had a Motorola RAZR V3.  I confess that I chose it largely because, well, it looks really neat.  Also, it’s a quad band phone, which the T-Mobile guys assured me meant that I could use … Continue reading

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New phone!

Well, new to me anyway. eBay angst is over as I have now received the Nokia 6630 I bought about a week ago. No box, mind you, and the manual is in Danish, but the phone itself is in fine … Continue reading

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eBay angst

eBay auctions are done for a little while. Have gotten an amazing amount of closet space back, made a fair hunk of cash, now I need to decide what I want to auction off next. Of course, one of the … Continue reading

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Memorial day weekend…

Unfortunately I don’t know many veterans – only one, actually. My father-in-law served in Vietnam, but it seems kind of weird to call him up and say, uh, “thanks” So, like most Americans, I took the opportunity of this long … Continue reading

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Alaska trip is go! And Vista update

Got the email today from the travel agency saying that they’d charged us a huge sum of money and would be sending us travel documents, so come July we’re off for a bit over a week of hard core tourism … Continue reading

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Vista Post #5, also forklifts.

In the inbox today: “Thank you for submitting your order for Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit CD/DVD OEM. Your order has been shipped. You should receive your order within 3 weeks. If you do not receive your order, please contact … Continue reading

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Acer & Vista Upgrade from Moduslink

Interesting tidbit from the PCWorld forums for those of us with Acer laptops waiting on our free Vista upgrades. http://forums.pcworld.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=32036 It seems as though they may start shipping as of May 1.  That’s progress, I suppose.  Acer taking so long … Continue reading

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“Buffalo” is a funny word.

It’s actually kind of nice sometimes to find out something that hasn’t been working and has been annoying you isn’t your fault. That’s the feeling I got recently when I found out that the issue I have with the wireless … Continue reading

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