I’m disappointed that the launch did not go off as planned but this is all experimental. My biggest frustration was getting a reliable video stream to watch the launch. It was not on NASA TV. I found it on SpaceVidCast.com but their connect must have been overwhelmed in the last 5 minutes.…
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I found BlueHost on a site that was comparing it to HostGator. I was experiencing problems with HostGator looking for an alternative. So far the set up for BlueHost has gone smoothly. I was able to copy over my existing site and database.…
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TKO Solutions is now selling the un-case for the iPad. This is a very different way to think about a case
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I was shopping for a hosting provider to replace HostGator.com. I know someone who uses DreamHost.com so I decided to give them a try. The price seemed right and they offered a free trial. I signed up. After 2 hours trying to get a simple FTP connection the home directory I gave up.…
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If you don’t know about http://whocalled.us, it is a great web site to look up the phone number for that annoying telemarketer.
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With just over a week left until Steve Jobs takes the stage for the keynote address at this years annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, I am thinking about what we might see. After every keynote there is always a short-lived euphoria that results from being inside the reality distortion field followed but a postpartum depression.…
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Here’s the RSS feed link for the show.
http://ymlmedia.com/KingsCourt/podcast/KC_podcast.xml
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There are a number of big magazines out there that have created their own iPad application such as Wired, Time, and Popular Science. At $5 per issue it is hard to justify buying them over the newsstand version. Wired magazine as a monthly is a pretty good deal because the digital version is less expensive than the paper version.…
Read the rest “Zinio for iPad is a Great way to read magazines but not perfect”
I managed to use up 80 MB of my iPad data plan in just under 12 minutes by downloading a single magazine via Zinio. As I was doing it the emails rolled in warning me that I was running low.
10:49 AM
Your 250 MB of data for 30 days for $14.99 rate plan has 17% of the plan remaining.…
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I recently bought a polarizing filter for my camera and finally got a chance to try it out. I was immediately impressed with the results. I still need to do more experimentation with it bit I think It will serve my needs.…
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The new version of the NetFlix channel on the Roku player now lets you search for any movie in their library.
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I got a nice little note from AT&T today. My data plan actually has 23 hours left on it according to the iPad itself. I used 160MB for the month. I had been a little paranoid and left the radio off for the first couple of weeks.…
Read the rest “Congratulations, your auto-renew of 250 MB of data for 30 days for $14.99 was successful”
For what I think is the fourth year in a row Apple is offering their free iPod Touch with the purchase of a Mac promo. This is like getting $200 off. Even when you pay sales tax you still beat Amazon’s price.…
Read the rest “Apple is offering Free iPod Touch again this year with purchase of new mac — waiting until after WWDC to buy” 
