What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
I admit it. Today, I was on a roll catching up on email when I realized I had to go to the bathroom. It actually bugged me because it was the kind of bathroom trip that takes more than a few minutes if you catch my drift. And that's when I did it. I grabbed my iPhone and took it with me to the bathroom. Mind you I work out of my house so I still had my privacy despite the fact that I probably lost my dignity. So there I was. Doing my business while "doing my business". I… Continue reading...
It pains me to say this because I am a gigantic Google fan, but Google better watch it with the increasing number of changes they keep making to their applications. Starting with Gmail. It seems that just about every few months now, I log into my Gmail account and something looks different. It started with hyperlinks that became buttons. Then it was color-coded labels. Next was drag and drop labeling and a new left-hand column display that only shows the most active labels. Now before any of you jump down my throat about what I just said, hear me out.… Continue reading...
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Quick. Close your eyes and count the number of remote controls you use to turn on all of the necessary components to watch television in your house. Is it one? Two? Three or more? Or maybe you have one of those all-in-one remote controls that can handle several different components. Now think again. Who in your house knows how to use this remote control (or these remote controls) better than anyone else in the house? Those with kids may have to think hard about this one. Shockingly, the answer in my house is still me. But barely. Twice since purchasing… Continue reading...
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Followers of my Twitter and Facebook profiles are intimately familiar with my escapades with an uninvited house guest last week. For those of you though not familiar with the story, please allow my quick indulgence. The uninvited guest I speak of was a teeny, tiny mouse that was sneaking into our pantry in the middle of the night. As since neither my wife nor I were pleased with these nightly visits (me in particular since he was feasting on my favorite pancake mix) and the fact that he was gutsy enough to make a live appearance scurrying across our living… Continue reading...
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My wife asked me today if I knew where a recent CD I received as a gift was. I tried my best to recall its location but soon realized I had absolutely no idea where it was. This may make me sound unorganized but the truth is that I didn't really care where the CD was. Whenever I receive a new CD (usually as a gift since I buy almost all of my music digitally now) the first thing I do is plop the CD in the CD drive in my computer and rip the music into my iTunes library.… Continue reading...
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