The Internet connection went down at 0830 this morning. I thought it was an outage, so I waited until noon to call tech support. ATT tech support says it was my power cord. I drove to Temple, bought a new modem (because they don’t sell power cords), came back, plugged … Continue reading →
Yes, I’ve actually purchased e-Books now. Interestingly, it appears if I purchase them from Amazon via a computer, I don’t get charged sales tax. If I purchase them via the Kindle app, I do get charged sales tax. I wonder why the difference?
Continue reading →We spent a relaxing weekend in Dallas. A friend of ours decided to throw himself a 70th birthday party, and he chose to do it at Reunion Tower in Dallas, so to make it easy, we decided to stay at the Hyatt Regency (which coexists with Reunion Tower). Wolfgang Puck … Continue reading →
Facebook’s been doing some funny things lately. Except, they’re not so funny. First, they changed the link to add a Fan page from “Become a Fan” to “Like.” Facebook users are accustomed to clicking on a “like” when they “like” someone’s status update. It’s an easy way to acknowledge someone … Continue reading →
Facebook’s been doing some funny things lately. Except, they’re not so funny. First, they changed the link to add a Fan page from “Become a Fan” to “Like.” Facebook users are accustomed to clicking on a “like” when they “like” someone’s status update. It’s an easy way to acknowledge someone … Continue reading →
I have a confession. I’ve been reading on my iPad. Darnit. I have some paper books I need to make some progress on, but I’m enjoying reading on the iPad. What has tempted me to the backlit side? Kindle features free current Kindle editions, and some of them have looked … Continue reading →
I took the truck in for it’s 50,000 mile service last week. Actual mileage was 49,600. According to their checks, everything was just fine. My three year old battery showed as still having 73% of it’s life left — or rather, 475 cranking amps of it’s new rating of 650. … Continue reading →
Yes, I’ve been too quiet here lately. Here’s a variety of observations for your reading pleasure. I’m still on Lesson 5 in HTRYN. I did complete about six more index cards. I still have many more to go. I’m heading back up to Central TX next week. I didn’t get … Continue reading →
There’s a lot of discussion about e-Books and pricing. I think I understand the author and publisher view. I understand e-Books aren’t necessarily cheaper to produce than paper books, although the costs are different. The New Yorker has an interesting article this morning asking if the iPad will topple the … Continue reading →
As I’ve mentioned, I am trying mostly free iPad apps, but I’ve purchased a few. I’m going to do a rundown on what’s on the iPad that I haven’t mentioned and maybe a few comments on things I have mentioned if there’s something new to note. I’ve removed two apps … Continue reading →
