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View all →October 13, 2008
Extended Review: Slingbox PRO HD
It is rare that I receive a gadget or technology device that warrants me having to do multiple articles to cover it. However, when Sling Media released their new Slingbox PRO HD, I quickly realized that I would need to do so. What will follow over the next few days or so is an in-depth review of my efforts to…
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October 3, 2008
10 Tips for StartUps to Survive the “Recession”
“Don’t Panic!†These are two words (made popular by Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) that every day become more appropriate and valid. Credit has dried up as has funding by Venture Capitalists, Angel Funders and the like. If you are a bootstrapped company, a startup or a company in “stealth mode,†right now you might be…
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September 29, 2008
First Attempt at Script Writing for Video on Cloud Computing
A few weeks ago, I wrote up a script designed to help people understand the concept of Cloud Computing. The idea was to create a short video that explains the concept in a way that everyone could understand. Modeled after the “In Plain English†video (you can see some of those on YouTube, I highly recommend them), I wrote up…
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September 26, 2008
Preview: San Francisco’s New Academy of Sciences
A few weekends ago, I was lucky to get a preview of San Francisco’s new Academy of Sciences complex in Golden Gate Park. The area has a lot of memories for me as I used to go there as a child many years ago. It was a magical yet historic place with beautiful older architecture that packed all sorts of…
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September 19, 2008
Happy Talk-Like-A-Pirate Day 2008
If you are reading this on September 19th (of any year), you are probably seeing it in “pirate-speak.†September 19th has been designated as official “Talk Like a Pirate Day†around the world. There seem to be many “official†sites out there about it. Here is one of them. Wikipedia weighs in as well. If you want your WordPress blog…
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September 16, 2008
Review: LaCie’s USB-powered Speakers
Just in time for back to school, LaCie just launched a new set of USB-powered speakers. Designed by Neil Poulton, these reasonably priced, simple-yet-elegant speakers compliment LaCie's previously released FireWire Speaker set. Since not all computers and laptop have the ability to use FireWire, LaCie felt it important to release a set that could be use universally, by Macs and…
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September 12, 2008
Humor: Your Servers are NOT Bulletproof!
Having some fun with servers (traditional vs. the "Cloud"). There are more videos coming at NoHardware.com. HTD says: Hope you liked it!
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September 5, 2008
iPhone: Quickly Launch Apps, Website & Phone Calls with QuickGold
Today I installed an application on my jailbroken iPhone that I personally think Apple should incorporate into their next release of the firmware. It honestly is this GREAT! I have over 6 "pages" of applications on my iPhone and have all but sprained my fingers from flipping through all of the pages as I attempt to find a particular application.…
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August 27, 2008
Fix It: Outlook Calendar and iPhone Calendar Events Hours Not Synched Correctly
Just a quick fix-it tip here. I have a co-worker who was having some issues with his iPhone and Outlook 2007 calendar times being off or offset by 1 hour. I guess that this fix it would apply to anyone who is getting calendar notifications on their iPhone earlier or later than what is showing up on their Outlook 2003…
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August 20, 2008
Breaking News: E.T. Had Peanut Allergies
Today, sources close to HighTechDad (HTD) revealed that E.T. (the Extra Terrestrial) had severe peanut allergies and was NOT homesick contrary to popular belief and media hype. Through an exhaustive and comprehensive investigation, interviews and footage analysis, HTD has uncovered a grand conspiracy that would even have shocked Agents Mulder and Scully of X-Files fame. The E.T. Conspiracy HTD has…
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August 17, 2008
“My Favorite Vacation”
My oldest daughter took a typing class this summer. She's only 9 but typing is going to be an important skill for her in the coming years so we put her in this class. As a final exercise, she wrote a short story titled "My Favorite Vacation." She took the course with a good friend of hers and they had…
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July 29, 2008
HighTechDad Interview on GoGrid Cloud Servers
When I was at GigaOM's Structure '08 conference last month, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Daniel Brusilovsky. For those of you who have never heard of Daniel, he is a 15-year-old who is making waves within his TeensinTech.com movement. He also runs a site called Apple Universe Podcast where he has been doing video and audio podcasts…
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