Category Archives: technology
The Kindle Paperwhite
This month I received my Kindle Paperwhite e-reader, the fourth Kindle I’ve owned and the best thus far. I love the “electronic ink” screens since they are easier on my eyes for extended reading than the backlit displays on my … Continue reading
Apple Updates: iOS 6 and iPhone 5
September 29, 2012 Four years ago I bought my first smartphone: the iPhone 3G. It was empowering to have the internet almost always available, and the phone enabled me to allow my occasional day hikes to explode the following year … Continue reading
Google and TANSTAAFL
July 4, 2012 Robert Heinlein popularized TANSTAAFL: There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch, in The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. In another form: you get what you pay for. That is a lesson Google keeps teaching me as they have repeatedly invented … Continue reading
The 3rd generation iPad: resolution revolution?
I loved my original iPad, which I paid for by selling off old media. A year ago I upgraded to the iPad 2, which wasn’t all that different from the original model. By downgrading from 64 GB to 16 GB … Continue reading
Another Brick in the Wall
March 9, 2012 Almost daily I listen to or watch netcasts created by Léo Laporte’s TWiT.tv network. Léo has been broadcasting about computer technology on the radio and television for many years, but I did not know of his work … Continue reading
Meador Manor 