What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
Last night, my wife and I attended the Billy Joel, Elton John Face 2 Face concert. It's no surprise that, since our kids were born, we haven't been to a lot of concerts so I found it fascinating to people-watch throughout the concert. Even more fascinating was the tremendous use (and mis-use) of technology during the concert. I wish I could have talked to the people I observed but it was a little too crowded for that. But here's what I would have said: To the teenagers and 20 somethings: If you tell me you went to the concert I… Continue reading...
So I'm listening to Radio Disney with my kids in the car and I hear a promo saying that you can now listen to Radio Disney on your smart phone. Given that my iPhone qualifies as a smart phone, I was all ears (pardon the Disney pun). The promo mentioned that to start the process of listening to Radio Disney on your smart phone, you need to text the word LISTEN to 347639 (which spells DISNEY on your phone). I couldn't resist trying something new and cool Excited to see how this worked, I quickly sent the text message and… Continue reading...
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Last night, something really cool happened. A storm blew through the greater Indianapolis area and knocked out the power in my house. No, that wasn't the cool part. The cool part was that I was able to catch up on my email for nearly an hour after the power went out using my laptop and my home Internet connection. Ok, so the laptop part is pretty easy to figure out. It has an internal battery and can probably run for 4-5 hours on its own before needing a recharge. The trickier part to figure out is how I was able… Continue reading...
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I know Google can do more than search web sites. I know it can look up definitions of words, give you the weather by zip code and even solve simple math problems. But UPS tracking? Now, that's one I'd never heard of.
Give it a try. The next time you want to track a UPS package, forget about going to the UPS web site. Just type the UPS tracking number in the Google search box and click through to your tracking information.
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Whenever I talk about Twitter to noobies, they always look at me with that "what is it again?" or "I just don't get it" look on their face. Even after I explain what it is and how people use it, they still can't figure out why it so popular. Thanks to a series events that happened almost a week ago, I now have a better answer when people ask me what Twitter is. I'm going to tell them, it's for having a baby. I'm able to say this because a friend whom I follow on Twitter (for privacy sake I… Continue reading...
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