What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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Here is this week's roundup of Twitter highlights posted from my Twitter account: new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'profile', rpp: 4, interval: 6000, width: 250, height: 300, theme: { shell: { background: '#333333', color: '#ffffff' }, tweets: { background: '#000000', color: '#ffffff', links: '#4aed05' } }, features: { scrollbar: false, loop: false, live: false, hashtags: true, timestamp: true, avatars: false, behavior: 'all' } }).render().setUser('mrnoobie').start(); And for those asking about my bad day, I was stuck in Texas trying to get home to Indianapolis (through Philly) yesterday. For those of you wondering about the movie theater I was talking about a… Continue reading...
I can't remember the last time I booked a plane ticket by talking to an agent on the phone. I've been booking my tickets online since the days when Preview Travel was the only [online] game in town. But somewhere along the line in the conversion to booking reservations online, something was missed. And that is the ability to change your reservations online. This is today's Technology I'd Like to See. Based on experience I experienced this yesterday when I was flying back home to Indianapolis from Dallas. My flight was supposed to take me to Philadelphia where I would… Continue reading...
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I am a big fan of the Logitech Harmony One remote. It is the one remote control I can truly call "babysitter proof". Or to relate more to my audience, "noobie proof". A few weeks ago my Harmony One remote started acting up. Buttons would work, then they wouldn't. Then they would. This went on for a few day until pressing one button would "stick" and cause the button to repeat its behavior over and over and over again. Finally, the remote completely died. Being a techie, I went through my usual arsenal of troubleshooting only to declare a few… Continue reading...
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To: The 3 people sitting in front of me at the movie theater Hello, my name is Patric Welch. I was sitting directly behind you at the movie theater today. You probably wouldn't recognize me or even realize that I sat behind you because you were texting and updating Facebook on your phones for the entire duration of the movie. I'm happy you sat directly in front of me, even though the theater had about 250 open seats and I arrived about 15 minutes before you. Because if you hadn't sat in front of me, I might not have been… Continue reading...
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Here is this week's roundup of Twitter highlights posted from my Twitter account: new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'profile', rpp: 4, interval: 6000, width: 250, height: 300, theme: { shell: { background: '#333333', color: '#ffffff' }, tweets: { background: '#000000', color: '#ffffff', links: '#4aed05' } }, features: { scrollbar: false, loop: false, live: false, hashtags: true, timestamp: true, avatars: false, behavior: 'all' } }).render().setUser('mrnoobie').start(); At the Colts game with my dad. Whoo-ah! After 2 warnings today the referee threw the opposing team's coach out of my son's basketball game. Umm that would be the first graders. I just made waffles… Continue reading...
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