What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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I love using my GPS to locate the nearest Starbucks or McDonald's while traveling. Or to make sure there is a gas station up the road when I feel I can go a few more exits before stopping for gas. Locations such as Starbucks, McDonald's and gas stations are known in the GPS world as points of interest, or POI. My GPS is loaded with hundreds of thousands of them. But little did I know there were thousands more to be had. After a presentation last Friday night, a gentleman walked up to me and asked me if I had… Continue reading...
I cringe every time I hear about a bank giving away a free digital camera or other consumer electronics product when you open a new account. Mainly because I know that whatever they give you is either going to be a piece of junk or an outdated model purchased in bulk from some clearance outlet. That's why when I drove by a billboard today for Key Bank that mentioned a free GPS for opening a new account, I couldn't wait to get home to find out which GPS model it was so I could prove my point to my readers.… Continue reading...
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The other day I had some time to kill between 1-on-1 coaching appointments and was looking for a coffee shop to give me refuge. My plan was to grab a cup of coffee, fire up my laptop and use the free wi-fi to catch up on email until it was time to leave for my next appointment. My perfect plan was foiled when I couldn't find a coffee shop, or any other place for that matter, near me that had free wi-fi. This was frustrating to me because I had my Garmin Nuvi-660 GPS navigation unit (link to newer model)… Continue reading...
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A couple of my friends had their cars broken into at a networking event I attended today. This hit a little close to home for me for a couple of reasons. For one, one of the cars broken into was parked right next to me. I can't help but wonder if my car would have been next on the list if the thugs had just a little more time. Another reason was that my car was broken into about a year ago. I was fortunate at that time to have left nothing of value in the car, something I practice… Continue reading...
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Last week I wrote a blog post asking readers if the busy signal has become obsolete. I received a lot of great comments to that blog post including one from Michelle Hartz of Bloomington, Indiana, who sent me a link to an article on the Internet that took my blog post a step further by mentioning 10 things your great grandchildren won't remember. I'm not going to include a link to the original article because the web site containing the article is NSFW (click that link if you don't know this means). In order for me to still give proper… Continue reading...
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