What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
Most people are getting a little tired of hearing about the upcoming switchover to digital television next February. But irritability with television advertisements is no substitute for actually knowing if you are prepared for the transition to digital television. So if you have any televisions in your house that are hooked up to a central antenna or individual rabbit ears and you haven't already taken the necessary steps to prepare for digital television, read on! Local Indianapolis PBS television affiliate, WFYI, will be airing Get Ready for Digital TV on Thursday, December 18, at 8 pm. The broadcast will combine… Continue reading...
I'm very excited to use today's blog post to announce the winner of the Noobie "I want a Wii" Givewaway. Congratulations to Angela Olinger from Campbell Hill, Illinois! Angela is the winner of the Noobie "I want a Wii" Giveaway and has won a brand new Nintendo Wii game console. Angela is currently retired and excited to let her grandchildren play with the new Nintendo Wii game system. "My granddaughter has really been wanting the Nintendo Wii and the timing of this is perfect--just in time for Christmas." Noobie received over 8,000 submissions for the Nintendo Wii Giveaway which ended… Continue reading...
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Yesterday, I presented a list of 20 questions that I didn't think ChaCha could answer. Mostly for my own curiousity, I actually asked all 20 questions to ChaCha. Their answers (or lack of them in some cases) are noted below. Before reading ChaCha's answers I want to emphasize that this list is not meant to be any kind of slam against ChaCha. I still love the ChaCha service and have relied on them many times. Rather, I was trying to point out the limitations of a system such as ChaCha (time constraints, information available, etc.) and how the system can… Continue reading...
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I'm a big fan of the ChaCha service and have used it many times. It's great to settle an argument or get you out of a pinch when you are trying to think of the answer to something but the words escape you. But over the course of using ChaCha I have discovered some limitations. There are certain kinds of questions that are too complicated for any ChaCha Guide (that's what the people answering your questions are called) to answer. Technically they are not impossible to answer. Rather they would just take too much time to research. Inside knowledge I've… Continue reading...
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Remember the ads for Klondike Bars? They started by asking you what you would do for a Klondike Bar and finished by showing people doing ridiculous things, all in the name of a Klondike Bar. Well, I think the Wii Fit I have sitting in my office right now is the technology equivalent of a Klondike Bar. As many of you know, I already have a Wii Fit. It was tough to get but thanks to Amazon.com's text alerts I was able to procure one several months ago. The funny thing is, after I bought my Wii Fit, I never… Continue reading...
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