What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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Today I went to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to get my driver's license renewed. As I posed for my picture, the woman taking the photo told me I could smile if I wanted to but I couldn't show my teeth. Thinking she just didn't want a close-up look at my dental work, I flashed my standard smile and let her take the picture. After reviewing the picture, she said, "Oops, we have to take it again. You showed your teeth." So we tried again, this time with my mouth completely closed and barely cracking a smile. You know, the… Continue reading...
You're probably growing tired of me telling you how wonderful TiVo is but I have actually come up with an improvement to TiVo that would make it even better. Today's Technology I'd Like to See (TILTS) is portable TiVo. Yes, I know you can already transfer your TiVo shows to portable video devices such as your laptop or an iPod Touch but I'm talking about simpler portability. What if there was a drive bay on your TiVo that housed a portable hard drive with all of your recorded and downloaded shows? Whenever you leave the house you could just pull… Continue reading...
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Being a techie isn't always all roses. Like today when my techie skills were put to the test... by my plumber. I could write an entire post on the reason I had a plumber at my house but since it isn't even in the slightest bit related to technology let's just leave it at the fact that I hired a plumber to look at some questionable plumbing in my house. It didn't take long for the plumber to determine that my plumbing was bad. Really bad. So bad in fact that he asked me if I had a digital camera… Continue reading...
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Today's post is a guest post by a good friend of mine, John Uhri, and is a response to a new voting poll posted on the Noobie web site. Be sure to chime in your vote on the latest Noobie voting poll question, "What is your opinion of Windows 7?" on the Noobie web site. Mr. Noobie tweeted: A poll on my opinion of Windows 7? Rock! I can't wait to vote and tell the world how much I like Windows 7. Unfortunately I was disappointed he didn't have a "I'm already a spazzed-out fanboy of Windows 7 and they… Continue reading...
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Here is this week's roundup of Twitter highlights posted from my Twitter account: Just talked 2 a guy on the phone that I swear does the voice prompts for automated phone systems. Kept waiting for him to say Press 1 for... Who's in charge? http://bit.ly/2iGMA9 RT @RainU: September is Buddy Month! Bring a Friend Along for No Charge! http://short.to/oead I love Goto Webinar but I can't stand that it opens an IE browser when the webinar has ended. Why not use the browser I'm currently using? My son and a girl in his class arranged to "meet up" online tonight.… Continue reading...
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