What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
People complain about spam all of the time. But not me. Between Gmail and Google Apps I get very little spam. And the spam that I do get is nicely tucked away in a special spam folder that I need only check about once per week. But guess what showed up on my mobile phone today? Cash in your hand! Get $1500 wired to your Bank! Faster, Cheaper - Go to: http://www.UScashDepot.com Promo Code: ***** Quit? reply STOP Grrrrrreeeeeat Now I'm not sure if the "reply STOP" directive in this text message is legit or just another way to tell… Continue reading...
I've always hated punch cards. You know, the kind you get at a restaurant, bakery or oil change place that reward you for every X number of purchases? It's not that I don't like getting something for free as a reward for doing business with someone. It's that I can never remember to take the punch card with me when I visit the establishment. That, and I really don't like carrying them in my wallet (for more on this watch this video). Which means I have about 3 or 4 punch cards for each place because they always assure me… Continue reading...
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It finally happened. I've lost touch with the old way of doing things.
I was recently complaining to my wife that I could not get a hold of a guy that I desperately needed to get a hold of. I told her I had sent emails, messaged him on Facebook and even sent a text message.
She looked me right in the eye and asked, "Did you call him?"
My face turned red. Oh yeah. You can still do that.
I dialed his number and he answered on the second ring. Continue reading...
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I was driving down the road today and noticed this sign in front of a church:
Two emotions hit me immediately. The first was to think how cool it was that the church was embracing technology and encouraging younger generations to pray using the communication method most familiar to them. This emotion was followed by one of disappointment as I pictured hoards of teenagers skipping Sunday mass because they already texted their prayers into the church.
So what do you think? Is texting your prayers to a church a step forward or a step back? Continue reading...
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I'm not sure what took me so long, but I finally had the opportunity to use Google's GOOG-411 service. And I gave it the test of all tests mainly because I was under severe duress at the time I used it. I just finished a meeting with a networking contact at Starbucks and was halfway to a lunch meeting. That's when I looked at my dashboard and wondered why I hadn't mounted my GPS receiver. It took about two seconds for me to realize that the reason I hadn't mounted my GPS receiver was because my GPS receiver wasn't in… Continue reading...
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