What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
Today is a special day for me. It's my birthday. Thought everyone might enjoy hearing how many ways there are to wish a techie happy birthday. Here's how I spent my day so far: Reading personal happy birthday emails from friends and family. Answering a phone call from an old business colleague and friend. Listening to voice mails on my mobile phone with stunning renditions of Happy Birthday. Reading a text message from an old business colleague that couldn't make lunch (don't worry, several others still made it). Browsing dozens of Twitter birthday wishes. Reading a special Happy Birthday Mr… Continue reading...
Redbox sent me a survey this morning asking me to rate their service on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best. I gave them an 8 only because I've recently discovered a few flaws with the Redbox service. Not enough for me to stop using Redbox, but enough for me to not give them a 10. Unfortunately, the Redbox survey never really gave me a chance to express my opinion to them. They did offer a follow up question asking me what one area I'd like them to improve upon. But I could only pick one and… Continue reading...
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Dear DISH Network: I am writing you to let you know that as a consumer I think Turbo HD is a horrible name. What exactly is turbo about your high definition programming? When I think turbo, I think faster. Does this mean your high definition programming will get to my house faster? Or that I can watch a high definition program in less time than with cable or DIRECTV? Perhaps you are implying that you have more HD selection than your competition. If this is the case, allow me to suggest some better names for your service: Total HD Ultimate… Continue reading...
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Being a techie I am obviously a big proponent of online shopping. But I don't just do it because I can. I do it because it is both efficient and economical. Here's a perfect example. Both Best Buy and Circuit City have ads in this week's Sunday paper. Both advertise Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 for $99.99, discounted from the regular price of $149.99. $50 off. Not a bad deal, right? Wrong. A quick search for office home and student 2007 on Amazon.com will show you that it is selling today for $84.99 with free super saver or Amazon… Continue reading...
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The combination of Olympics and technology puzzles me. Michael Phelps won the 2008 Olympic gold medal in the 100m butterfly by 1/100th of a second. Thanks to high precision sensors on the swimming wall that must be touched by each swimmer as he or she finishes an event, it can’t get any closer than that without being a tie. So why is it that in 2008 we still need two guys to stand out in the shot put field that run to the first spot on the ground the ball hits to determine the official distance? If these same two… Continue reading...
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