What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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My 5-year-old son was so excited today. He was showing me his new watch. It was a theme watch from the movie Cars. I looked at the watch and noticed it was an analog watch and after telling my son how cool his new watch was, I praised him and told him how proud I was that he bought an analog watch instead of a digital one. Of course he immediately asked me what I was talking about. I explained to my son the difference and how important it is to be able to tell time on an analog watch.… Continue reading...
My kids love getting books from the library. But I don't love having to remember when the books are due back. That's why I hired Sandy to remember for me. Sandy is a virtual assistant. No, not a real person that works remotely outside of my office. I mean truly virtual. Sandy only exists in cyberspace. You can find Sandy at www.iwantsandy.com. And I think you will find her rates quite reasonable. Especially since she's free. How Sandy works Here's how it works. After you register for a free account with Sandy, you get a unique email address that only… Continue reading...
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Grocery store checkout lanes are completely automated now. So automated in fact, that many of them no longer require a cashier. You just scan your own items and handle the payment yourself. So why is it that when we create our grocery lists at home, we still do it with pen and paper? The technology I would like to see is a refrigerator with a built-in scanner. As soon as you run out of something, say milk for example, you slide the UPC label under the scanner and just like that, milk is added to your grocery list. Internet enabled?… Continue reading...
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Last week I wrote about the good and the bad of using an attic antenna. In that blog post I mentioned that I was hiring an attic antenna specialist to install one (or more) antennas in my attic so I could have a master antenna signal to use throughout the house. I'm happy to report that the entire experience from start to end was a wonderful success. I now have two antennas in my attic magically joined together to generate one very strong signal throughout my house. All four of my televisions have a gorgeous picture. Two of them through… Continue reading...
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A few months back I read an article that mentioned the top two reasons technology products are returned to stores. They have nothing to do with the product being defective. Rather it's that the technology product didn't live up to the buyer's expectations or that the buyer simply couldn't figure out how to use the product. Today, I heard a first-hand story that made me whole-heartedly believe this article. A client and friend of mine told me he bought the new LG Dare mobile phone for his Verizon Wireless plan and returned it just a few days later. He said… Continue reading...
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