If you are simply looking for a list of Siri commands and examples, scroll down. If you want to learn about Siri and the iPhone 4s, read on. I am not a gear-head. When I start working on my car, and do simple things like change the oil and rotate the tires, I enjoy the… [Read more…]
October 5, 2011
At yesterday’s Apple event, there were quite a few new products announced including a new Nano, new iPod Touches, and a new iPhone. All of these updates were what would be called incremental updates and would not really be considered major updates. Apple also spent some time on new services like the iCloud and the… [Read more…]
September 26, 2011
I have written articles on remote access apps before, but Sunday night I was watching Sunday Night Football on my iPad via a remote app, and I thought I would give a quick review of the product I was using. There are several remote control apps out there. And I actually use three different apps… [Read more…]
September 13, 2011
A friend of mine recently ask me for a list of iPad apps and games that were good for his 6-year-old. I thought I’d throw together a quick list of the ones that my kids play with and like. Books Ages 2 – 6 Grover’s the monster at the end of this book – This… [Read more…]
September 7, 2011
There is no doubt that the iPad is a great media consumption device. But it can also be a great media creation device. Take me for instance, through the help of creative apps, I can use my iPad to create music, shoot and edit video, perform upgrades on equipment at work, and write this blog… [Read more…]
May 18, 2011
This is one of the slicker things I have seen. This little 500GB hard drive is the Seagate GoFlex Satellite. It is a portable hard drive and part of Seagate’s GoFlex system that allows you to change out the adapter to make the hard drive Firewire, USB, or eSata compatible. The cool thing about this… [Read more…]
April 6, 2011
I am writing this blog post from an airplane using my iPad and the inflight wifi. If you haven’t tried it before, Delta’s inflight Wifi is provided by Gogo Inflight Internet. It is a little pricy for one flight but it seems to be pretty responsive and provide sufficient bandwidth. I wanted to write about… [Read more…]
March 4, 2011
I recently ran across a little program for the Mac that provides extended functionality to the Finder. It is called Total Finder (by BinaryAge) and have spent the last few weeks with it using it. Basically what total finder does is provide you with tweaks to the finder to make it more useful, and at… [Read more…]
February 16, 2011
The Daily for the iPad is a nice looking news "paper" with many problems. These problems are so many, it makes it not worth it.
January 14, 2011
If you are looking for a good media streamer to stream videos, pictures, and music from your Mac to your Xbox 360, Connect360 is a choice. But is it a good choice. Issues with the functionality and poor customer service make it a hard purchase to recommend.
October 16, 2011
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