What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
Last weekend I spent the night at a Marriott hotel. The room had a beautiful flat panel 32" television which I've actually somewhat come to expect. But what I didn't expect was this little device sitting next to the television: This is a dream come true for a techie traveler like myself. Basically, this little doo-hickey allows me to hook u just about any type of gadget I want to the television. Blu-ray player on your laptop? Hook it up with an HDMI cable to the Digital Video In port. Use the television as a giant computer monitor? No problem.… Continue reading...
I am not going to write today about the hype concerning Apple's big product announcement yesterday. Nor am I going to talk about how shiny and pretty it looks, how thin and light it is or even what it is capable of doing. What I am going to write about instead is the name Apple chose for this beautiful new device... the iPad. The what?!?!? For a second, when I first heard the name while watching the live stream of the event on the Internet, I thought it was a joke. I quickly realized it wasn't. Apple had truly named… 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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Today's blog post will be short and sweet. I just want to make sure everyone has heard about the Amazon Kindle giveaway Noobie launched late last week. If you haven't entered yet for your chance to win, use the link below to do it now before you forget! Click here for your chance to win a brand-new Kindle! And if you have no idea what a Kindle is, here's a few articles and blog posts on the Kindle from the Noobie web site to get you up to speed: Print Newspapers Get Recycled as Digital Media Amazon's Kindle promises wireless… Continue reading...
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I've often wondered if my children are technology-spoiled because of what I do for a living. After all, it's my job to make sure I understand as many gadgets as I can which is why I'm no stranger to the UPS guy who visits my house several times per week with new techno goodies. This morning my 5-year-old son handed me this list of items he would like for his upcoming birthday: iPod Clone Wars for the Wii iTunes gift card Barnes and Noble gift card 2000 Wii Points 100 piece puzzle Webkinz Bakugan Mario Party DS Super Mario Sunshine… Continue reading...
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