August 2010

A Dude Ranch Vacation at Greenhorn Creek Ranch – Riding, Fishing and Generally “Horsing Around”!

August 14, 2010

My family and I spent about a week up at a Dude Ranch in Northern California called “Greenhorn Creek Guest Ranch“. Since I have 3 girls, their grandparents thought that introducing them to horses and ranching at their age would be great for them. I couldn’t agree more! Earlier this year, we set out looking [...]

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How To Get Your iPhone Out of a Recovery or Restore Mode Loop

August 13, 2010

I recently got my iPhone 4 and consequently wanted to prepare my iPhone 3GS for my children to use as an “iPod Touch” – iPhone but without the cell service. I have already done this with my original iPhone. Honestly, it is a great way to extend the life of your “retired” iPhones. As I [...]

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What Do Dude Ranches, Snoop Dogg, Katy Perry, NyQuil & Cooking Have in Common? Cast of Dads Podcast #29 Of Course!

August 12, 2010

Quite a variety of topics in the latest Cast of Dads podcast #29, “Dude Ranches & Snoop Doggs“, wouldn’t you say? Well I had just gotten back from a week with the family up at a dude ranch and I shared my thoughts about that type of family vacation. Note: we are always looking for [...]

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“The 39 Clues” Virtual Book Tour & Giveaway – Stop #5 For “The Black Circle”

August 9, 2010

I usually write about technology, gadgets, software, hardware and other gizmos. I also have been know to talk about parenting from time to time. One thing that I preach to my kids (but unfortunately don’t practice as much as I should) is that of reading. And this is odd because I was an English Major [...]

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Should Apple Open Up their iOS to Control Jailbreaks and Security Therein?

August 3, 2010

I have been a long time jailbreaker of my iPhone and have frequently documented the process on my blog. When I first started doing it, it was definitely not for the weak at heart, however, now it is becoming so easy to do, even the non-technical user can do it…and that is where it gets [...]

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“Where’s the Pause Button” – TweetDeck’s User Stream Preview is Real-time Web

August 2, 2010

I was lucky to be one of the first 5000 people to get access to test out a new version of TweetDeck called “User Stream Preview.” In this preview build is the ability to use Twitter’s new Streaming API which essentially turns the Twitter firehose on full blast. In the past, you were at the [...]

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