What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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A good friend of mine and I love to toss witty comments back and forth to each other whenever the topic of iPhones comes up. I say the iPhone is cool, hip and does everything I could ask for in a cell phone and more. She says it is proprietary, pretentious and costs too much. During one of our recent debates, I even got as bold as to ask her to name one phone on the market that is better than the iPhone. Without batting an eye, she responded, "The Palm Pre." I laughed it off saying, "You mean the… Continue reading...
Over the weekend, I enjoyed several different fireworks shows. Although I enjoyed each show, I couldn't help but feel more and more like I've seen it all before with each new show. That's when it occurred to me, why haven't fireworks improved over the years? Certainly we have the technology to make them better, right? So today's Technology I'd Like To See (TILTS) is next generation fireworks. I want to see fireworks that go twice as high and are twice as big as the existing ones. I want to see fireworks that explode into a brilliant, full-color rendition of the… Continue reading...
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Please allow me to take a tiny break from technology to share with you a video that was sent to me by a good friend of mine earlier this week. Actually, I received an audio-only version but found the corresponding video version (audio plus some accompanying slides) on YouTube. The video tells an amazing story of Francis Scott Key and how he was forced to watch a British attack on Fort McHenry. And it is this very story that is now played out hundreds of times each day through the playing of our national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner. The… Continue reading...
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Readers of my blog have long followed my ups and downs with Best Buy. Apparently it's time for another downswing. I may be old school but I've always thought the idea behind a business was to wow your customers. Go above and beyond or get lumped in with everyone else. Which is why I am dumbfounded at a recent call I received from Best Buy explaining some changes to the Best Buy Reward Zone program. Lucky for me (and perhaps for you) I didn't have my cell phone on me at the time so it went to voice mail. The… Continue reading...
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