What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
Two years ago Apple introduced us to the iPhone. I remember hemming and hawing at the time trying to decide if I was going to buy one. As most of you know, I ended up pulling the trigger and buying the iPhone on the night it was released. Then a year ago, Apple introduced a faster iPhone that utilized a 3G network to replace the slower EDGE network. Once again I found myself debating whether it was worth it to invest in the new iPhone. But this time around, I stuck to the status quo mainly because the 3G was… Continue reading...
It finally happened. My wife and I purchased an iPod for our son for his birthday. Not completely unusual except our son just turned six. I know, I know, there are a lot of you reading this right now thinking that Noobie Jr. is spoiled rotten and too young to be responsible with an iPod but before you judge, listen to our reasoning. Simply put, our son has the gift of music in him. Rhythm just comes naturally to him. He sings along to every song he hears on the radio and has the lyrics memorized after only a couple… 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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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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Someone recently asked me if there was a way to charge her iPod without having to connect it to her computer. My answer was yes as long as you are willing to spend $30. The $30 will get you an Apple USB Power Adapter which allows you to plug your iPod USB cable into the iPod on one end and the power adapter on the other end. Then the power adapter can be plugged into any standard electrical outlet. In days of old, the power adapter was included with a new iPod. No such luck any more. But I still… Continue reading...
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