What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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A friend of mine and I were discussing today the upcoming release of Microsoft Office 2007 and how it was currently in beta testing. This led to a side conversation regarding my thoughts on beta products in general and it occurred to me noobies could use this information. A beta product, when referring to software, is a version of software that is still in need of a lot of testing. It still needs the bugs worked out. It is NOT a pre-release which so many people like to believe. It’s hard to resist downloading a beta. Heck, it feels like… Continue reading...
Every once in a while, I plan on taking a sidetrip from noobie technology news to talk about some new or existing gadget that I think is just plain old fun. Today is one such day. I found an alarm clock from a company called Bim Bam Banana (you gotta love the name) that really caught my eye. Why? For several reasons. For one, it has the most unique way to turn off the alarm I have ever seen. And two, this alarm clock would be perfect for me. Without further ado, let me tell you about the Puzzle Alarm… Continue reading...
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Looking for free Internet access? Then all you need to do is move to Mountain View, California, home of Google. Forget about your cable modem or DSL. Forget about paying $30-60 per month for Internet access. Google is giving it all away for free. Keep in mind though, that this is wireless Internet access. Google will not be visiting every home in Mountain View, California. Instead they will be providing a wireless signal that every resident of Mountain View (approximately 72,000 people) should be able to receive. Mountain View, California not your thing? Can’t wait until 2007, the earliest Google… Continue reading...
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Yesterday I started using a service called Carbonite. The service is used to backup all of your important files on your computer. The difference between this backup service and many others, however, is that you don’t have to lift a finger to do the backup. All that is required is a simple software installation that takes only a few minutes. From that point forward Carbonite does its magic. Any time you are idle on your computer and still connected to the Internet (this probably wouldn’t work well for dialup users) Carbonite encrypts your data and backs it up to a… Continue reading...
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Something funny happened to me today. I needed to call a company to get some information so I checked out their contact page on the web site. The number was a toll free number. Since my cell phone bill has grown out of control as of late, I decided to make the call using the good ‘ol fashioned telephone. I picked up the phone dialed ‘866′ along with the rest of the phone number and listened for the ring. No ring. Still waiting. No ring. So I hung up and tried again. Same thing. No ring. I finally realized that… Continue reading...
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