What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
My kids love getting books from the library. But I don't love having to remember when the books are due back. That's why I hired Sandy to remember for me. Sandy is a virtual assistant. No, not a real person that works remotely outside of my office. I mean truly virtual. Sandy only exists in cyberspace. You can find Sandy at www.iwantsandy.com. And I think you will find her rates quite reasonable. Especially since she's free. How Sandy works Here's how it works. After you register for a free account with Sandy, you get a unique email address that only… Continue reading...
Grocery store checkout lanes are completely automated now. So automated in fact, that many of them no longer require a cashier. You just scan your own items and handle the payment yourself. So why is it that when we create our grocery lists at home, we still do it with pen and paper? The technology I would like to see is a refrigerator with a built-in scanner. As soon as you run out of something, say milk for example, you slide the UPC label under the scanner and just like that, milk is added to your grocery list. Internet enabled?… Continue reading...
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The days that I put an outgoing letter in my mailbox are some of my favorites. Why? Because I get to put the little red flag up to tell the mail carrier to pick up the mail. And when the mail carrier does pick up the mail, he or she puts the little red flag back down. It's not the little red flag that excites me. It's knowing when the mail has been delivered without having to walk down the driveway to the mailbox to check. Call me lazy but I hate wasted trips only to find out the mail… Continue reading...
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I'm feeling rather important today. Maybe because I just received a letter in the mail from Verizon Wireless that started like this: Dear Patric Welch, You're a VIP. It's that simple. You've been automatically enrolled in the 2008 Verizon Wireless VIP Program* at no cost to you. There is nothing you need to except take advantage of all the exclusive benefits now available to you. It's simply our way of thanking you for your continued business. I can't help but wonder what I did to elevate to VIP status with Verizon Wireless. Maybe it's the fact that I've been with… Continue reading...
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I almost always consider technology an improvement to my life. But sometimes it can be downright annoying. Take the Olympics for example. Because of the time difference between Indianapolis and Beijing, many of the events have already been completed before they air on the U.S. networks. 20 years ago, this wasn't a big deal. You just made sure you didn't watch the news so that you could pretend any event you were watching was actually live. Fast forward to 2008. In order to not get the results spoiled for any event I am interested in watching I have to ignore… Continue reading...
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