I recently worked to attempt to separate my AT&T accounts so that I could clearly see what I am spending for Internet access. Its harder than it should be. I still have not been successful but at least it is not as hard as unentangling from my Yahoo!…
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Late last night I received a flurry of email messages from Google welcoming me and asking me to verify my email address. The problem was that I did not create this Google account using my email address and the messages were in Portuguese.…
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One of my favorite photo-walks was in May, 2011 to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array near Socorro, New Mexico. I was working in Albuquerque and decided to head out there before the visitor center closed so I could get pictures at sunset.…
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Within a few minutes I received three messages of attempts to access my Apple ID and Facebook accounts.
[box type=”shadow”] The first notification was from Apple. Someone had tried to log into my Apple ID enough times that the account had been locked out.…
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Stop trying to remembers your passwords. Just get Lastpass. Install it on your phone and computer. Pay the annual fee ($12). Done. Let Lastpass generate and remember crazy safe passwords for you. Have a unique safe password for every site. Store secure notes as well.…
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The new movie
Interstellar starring Matthew McConaughey and directed by Christopher Nolan is destined to become a science fiction classic like 2001 but I don’t think it will be appreciated in our time. At three hours long I think some audiences will have a hard time staying engaged.…
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I’ve been using my iPhone 6 Plus for a month now. I thought it was time to gather my thoughts about my experience with the new, larger phone. Prior to getting the new phone I was carrying an iPhone 5s and an iPad Mini (2nd Generation with Wifi).…
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WWDC 2014 starts in about a week. I’m sure that by this time next week there will be a line around Moscone West waiting to get in to hear what new offerings Apple has for their community. I was lucky enough to have been in that line over a dozen times going back to the late 90’s when the event was held in San Jose.…
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I’m very irked by the recent update to AppleTV. There are three new “apps” on my TV for History Channel, A&E, and LifeTime. The trick is that they are hobbled unless my cable company is DirecTV, Optimum, or Verizon FiOS. Since I do not subscribe to any of those, I’m locked out of the main content.…
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I’ve seen the 1951 Rudolph Maté movie adaptation of
When Worlds Collide. It is near the top of classic 1950’s Science Fiction movies. I never gave its source material much thought. The movie won an Oscar that year for its special effects which involved the use of miniatures to convey the large scale of the story.…
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I’m parting with my Apple World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) backpacks from 2000 and 2001
2000: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181296008348
2001: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181296033436
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I’m actually really happy with my
AppleTV. I have one in each room. They work with a shared
iTunes library to deliver movies, TV shows and occasionally music around my house. I like the addition of new channels even though some are still tied to old school cable service if you want to actually use them.…
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Like many people I used Amazon and other online services for my holiday shopping. I am an Amazon Prime subscriber and have come to rely on free two day shipping. I have had really good experiences with buying online including Christmases past.…
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