What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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A question I get a lot from parents is how they can restrict the amount of music their kids can purchase for their iPod. Here’s a couple of quick solutions. Forget using your credit card. Instead, start with an iTunes gift card. You can purchase an iTunes gift card at nearly any electronics store or online at the Apple Store. Simply enter the card number in iTunes and the card value will be assigned to your account. Your child will be free to purchase music as they wish until the card value is depleted. After that they are out of… Continue reading...
Have you ever visited a web site that asked you to provide your e-mail address to sign up for a service offered on the web site? It’s a very common practice and there’s a good reason for it. On one hand it validates that the registration is coming from a real person and not some automated script designed to hack the web site. On the other hand it prevents people from signing other people up or using someone else’s information, the theory being that you would have to know that other person’s e-mail account information to get away with it.… Continue reading...
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Scan through the ads for any major electronics store and you’ll see big screen televisions with terms next to them like HD Ready or HD Built-In. What does this mean? Is it important? Well, that really depends on how you plan on receiving your high-definition signal, either now or in the future. Let’s first start with what these terms mean. HD Ready means the television is capable of displaying a high-definition picture but it relies on additional equipment to provide the high-definition feed. HD Built-In is usually more expensive and means the television is capable of displaying a high-definition picture… Continue reading...
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A few days ago a new computer I ordered over the Internet to replace one of my more outdated computers arrived on my doorstep. I put off setting it up because I knew it would not be a quick task. But it eventually had to be done so I started bright and early this morning and got right to work setting up and configuring the new computer. For those wondering, I am still not done configuring the computer. Not because I am having any problems, but because I am so picky about how a new computer needs to be configured.… Continue reading...
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A common trick digital camera manufacturers love to do is to include a very small memory card with your digital camera. This helps keep the cost down which helps the manufacturer but doesn’t do you any good. For example, today I looked at a Canon PowerShot 6 Megapixel Digital Camera at a popular electronics reseller. The price? A fantastic $279.99. But hidden at the very bottom of the product details is a small mention that the camera comes with a 16 MB memory card. For those of you that like math, you could take about five pictures at a 6… Continue reading...
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