Category Archives: technology
Netflix on TiVo
My purchase of a TiVo HD about a year ago continues to pay off. Now I can watch streaming movies from Netflix on the TiVo and the experience beats the pants off watching Netflix streaming movies on a computer. The … Continue reading
Killing Google’s SearchWiki
Google has a new SearchWiki function where you can customize the search results by promoting, demoting and adding new pages and annotate the results. Like others, I find it visually annoying and Google won’t let you turn it off – … Continue reading
Print Death
PC Magazine has succumbed to the death of print. The venerable magazine, which I relied upon for decades as the best source of information and tips on personal computing, will cease print publication in January 2009. The magazine claims it … Continue reading
Flicking Flickr
My friend George Parks shared a great tip today: the CoolIris add-on for Firefox. It changes the dreadfully slow and outdated photo previewing system in Flickr (and some other websites) into a three-dimensional scrolling photo wall you can flick along … Continue reading
3G Galaxy
Like a satellite galaxy north of Tulsa, Bartlesville now has 3G phone service from AT&T. So my iPhone is speedier than ever when I’m away from the WiFi.
