What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
Social networking site Facebook made my day yesterday when I received an invitation to become friends with someone I haven't heard from in nearly 15 years. The invitation was from Scott, a buddy of mine from my high school days. I quickly accepted the invitation from Scott and within seconds was looking at his Facebook profile. It was fun seeing where Scott went to college and where he obtained his masters degree. And discovering where he now lives and works was like having a mini virtual reunion with him. I wrote on Scott's Facebook wall (like leaving a message for… Continue reading...
I helped a client today install PrimoPDF, a free PDF creation tool. As part of the installation I had to also install the .NET (pronounced "dot net") Framework 2.0. I won't go into the details about what the .NET Framework is--that's not the point of this blog post. My point is what happened during the .NET Framework installation. As I watched the installation screen, I began to wonder about the information provided to me on the screen. Installing assemblies? Configuring components? Creating image? Does that really mean anything to anyone installing the program? And why does the installation program feel… Continue reading...
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I've been a faithful subscriber to DIRECTV for nearly twelve years. DIRECTV has supplied me with dozens of satellite receivers, numerous dish upgrades and exclusive sports programming. Which is why it's going to be hard to say goodbye. This summer I'm performing a little Noobie experiment. I want to see if my family and I can survive without cable, satellite or fiber-optic television. In other words, no paid television programming. That's right, we're going old school. No CNN or Fox News. No ESPN or ESPN2. No Disney Channel or Nickelodeon. Just ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS and a small handful… Continue reading...
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A participant in a recent class I taught mentioned to me that technologies like GPS navigation systems are making people lazy. She argued that we were losing the ability to perform simple tasks like reading a map. While I didn't agree with her about GPS navigation systems, it did get me to thinking about other technologies. Take my cell phone for instance. I have 76 contacts stored on my cell phone, many with multiple phone numbers for the contact. At last count, I actually only know the phone number for 2 of these contacts from memory. Why? Because they are… Continue reading...
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This is why noobies are afraid to buy a new computer these days:
HP AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Win XP Pro Desktop, 2GB DDR2 and 80GB SATA II, $449.99.
That's a real ad folks. Showed up in my email inbox this morning. Doesn't it just leave you with a "that's the right computer for me" kind of feeling? Continue reading...
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