What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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This week's edition of Weekly Wrap-up with Mr. Noobie™ covers the new family of Amazon Kindles, the iPhone 4S announcement, Steve Jobs's death and Netflix's attempt to fix customer relations by putting an end to Qwikster. If you can not see the embedded video above please use the following link: Weekly Wrap Up with Mr Noobie 10-14-11 Audio Transcript Hello, this is Patric Welch, otherwise known as Mr. Noobie™. Today, I am creating this video to try and give birth again to something I started a few years ago but then let fizzle out. I'm talking about a segment I… Continue reading...
A lot of people are upset about Netflix after their recent announcement regarding their new pricing models. I'm not one of them. In fact, I'm as happy as ever with my Netflix service. Here's two reasons why: 1. I only have the streaming service so the separation of streaming and DVD plans has no effect on me. I already figured out that the DVD service no longer works for me. I sat on the DVDs too long and I didn't like being restricted to my living room to watch them. But watching the streaming movies and television shows on my… Continue reading...
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I just spent the weekend in Vegas at a training conference called Millionaire Boot Camp (I'll let you know when I become a millionaire). Getting to las Vegas and back from Indianapolis can make for a lengthy, and sometimes boring, flight (or two). That's why I like to use my iPad as my own personal, traveling movie theater. It's simple to do but requires a bit of advanced planning. For starters, you have to know what movies you want to watch before you leave. And by before, I mean before you even get to the airport. Here's why. In my… Continue reading...
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QUESTION: I'm all a twitter over the discussion on ditching my ISP. So - for the free standing Wi-Fi device, is there a fee involved? Also, I heard a conversation the other day about dropping your cable and going with the digital box, roof antenna for your local channels then using the Internet for anything else. Will you expand on this solution and cover all the hardware needed and if a noobie like myself could complete this process. Do you know how much more we could add to our retirement fund if we could drop Internet and cable? Lastly, how… Continue reading...
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Most of you who know me personally know I live on Amazon.com. It's the first place I go when I want to buy something. Only when I can't find it on Amazon will I start looking elsewhere. And my Amazon Prime account has allowed me to order just about everything, no matter the cost, with free two-day shipping. It's already nirvana to me. Which is why I am stunned that Amazon somehow just made their Amazon Prime account even better. Check it out: So now, for $79/year I get free two-day shipping AND unlimited, commercial-free, instant streaming of 5,000 movies… Continue reading...
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