The new phones arrived today — a Pantech Crux for each of us. Here are my first impressions: – Activation out of the box was simple — I had instructions for how to do it, but when I installed the battery and turned the phone on, it was pre-programmed to … Continue reading →
My internet host has built a new datacenter and will be moving the server my top domain is on tomorrow night. Here’s an excerpt of the notice they provided: The Bluehost System Administrators will physically move your server (containing the hosting account: mercuryranch.org) into the new data center between 9 … Continue reading →
The more I think about it, the more I think I’m going to upgrade the camera to the FujiFilm F550 EXR instead of buying an iPad2. I like the iPad2. I like that it has the cameras, that it’s faster, and that it’s sleeker, but now that it’s available, I … Continue reading →
Back in 2005, before a trip to Italy with my mom for work, I purchased a new digital camera. After perusing Best Buy’s offerings, I decided upon a Sony DSC-V1. It’s a five megapixel camera with a 4X optical zoom. I could use it in fully automatic mode or manually … Continue reading →
What’s new? I’ve blogged about WordPress, the iPad, and pizza lately. I don’t know about you, but those are all topics I enjoy, but what else has been going on in my day-to-day world? I’m concerned about the on-going political battle in the United States. I’m not in favor of … Continue reading →
I’ve blogged about WordPress, the iPad, and pizza lately. I don’t know about you, but those are all topics I enjoy, but what else has been going on in my day-to-day world? I’m concerned about the on-going political battle in the United States. I’m not in favor of public sector … Continue reading →
Apple announced the iPad2 this week. I’d been following the rumors fairly closely, and as the launch neared, they went from wildly optimistic to pretty darn conservative. In fact, by the day before the launch, prognosticators had the new product down to a half-version release with a more robust eye-catching … Continue reading →
On the eve of what should be an announcement for the second generation iPad, I guess it’s time for another update. I still carry the iPad with me nearly everywhere. If I don’t have it with me, I often regret it and wish I had. These are the things I … Continue reading →
I upgraded to WordPress 3.1 when my dashboard said it was ready. I’d seen a few people oohing and ahhing about it on Twitter, but I hadn’t noticed anything particularly different. Until today. I clicked onto the main page, and noticed the toolbar similar to the one on the WordPress.com … Continue reading →
After seeing all the dead links in the blog over the last couple of days, I began to wonder if it might be worthwhile to look back on early blog entries and do some pruning. Do any of you ever do that? Park of me thinks it’s probably a time … Continue reading →