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Posted in Apple on May 31st, 2008
There must be an easier way to do this or I am definitely missing something. All I wanted to do was create a playlist that excluded all songs that were listed as explicit. Sounds simple, right? Well, I searched around for a bit and finally gave up and decided it would be easier to just [...]
Posted in Blogging, Microsoft, Technology on May 21st, 2008
I’m usually the one to give the technical help, but now I turn to everyone for my own technical help as I can’t find this answer anywhere - but I’m still looking.
I am using Firefox to access Outlook Web Access and everything works just fine. But I noticed somewhere along the line, I think with [...]
Posted in Blogging, Technology on May 19th, 2008
This will be an almost exact duplicate of a post I made nearly one year ago about Infoworld and how they made the decision to clog my RSS reader with their advertisements, so I made the decision to unsubscribe. Today I get to say the same thing about eWeek, but their feeds are even worse. [...]
Posted in Entertainment on May 17th, 2008
I like the convenience of being able to watch TV shows from my computer when I am traveling or am not in front of my TV/DVR setup - especially when that experience is free. I think ABC does a great job with their hosting of shows like Lost, Desperate Housewives, etc., but I just ran [...]
I have always relied on the design of others for my Wordpress site. There are some really, really talented people out there and I’ve been very happy with the themes they provide. But I decided to play with CSS a little and modified a Theme I found that happened to be a modification of someone [...]
Posted in Apple, Entertainment, Technology on May 10th, 2008
As I wrote about a few months ago, I started checking the Amazon MP3 store along with the iTunes Store when shopping for music, and I was surprised that most of what I was looking for was not only available from Amazon, it was cheaper as well. Well, I have been buying more and more [...]
I can’t believe I wrote about this a little over a year ago, but this just showed up again on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and I thought it was so ironic that nothing had really changed in all that time that I thought I’d write abut it again.
It looks as though the decision on whether Pennsylvania [...]
Posted in Apple, Personal, Technology, Travel on May 3rd, 2008
I love reading Robert X. Cringely’s articles. Always have. He’s definitely one of my favorite writers. In his most recent posting he states that Apple appears to be looking to unload its Pro applications in preparation to clear the way to acquire Adobe. Interesting idea, but I’m not sure I agree as Apple’s Pro apps [...]
I’ve owned a 2007 VW Passat for the last 10 months that typically gets anywhere from 350-370 miles on a tank of gas. With gas prices getting higher and higher I decided to try to drive a little more “gently,” meaning less aggressive starts at lights and stop signs, a little slower on the interstate, [...]