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Guessing what Apple will announce

It is sometimes fun to try to guess what Apple will announce before they announce it. Just for fun, I will try to guess what Apple will announce today… Today I think Apple will announce two new iPhones, a completely redesigned iPod, and a new AppleTV. The new iPod be so small as to be […]

Resetting iPod Classic

I keep forgetting how to recover my preferences on my iPod classic after I rarely have to reset it, so I decided to capture them here in hopes it helps me (and others) recover after a reset. By the way, a reset is to toggle the hold slider on and then off, then press and […]

UltraViolet, Vudu, Flixster

I am recently having a little fun playing with Vudu and Flixster interfaces into UltraViolet. The pleasant surprises this week are that the Vudu client is already built into both my LG 47LV5500-UA TV (Family Room) and my Panasonic DMP-BD85 Blu-Ray player (Basement Rec Room) – and that means we can play the few UltraViolet […]

Pretty video, hauntingly beaufitul song

Please take a few minutes to enjoy this, it just might make your day a little happier… http://youtu.be/HCNfQ_HOlDc

Earbuds not fitting properly?

Things you learn that make so much sense you wonder why you didn’t think of it are interesting. I hear people complain all the time that the earbuds that came with their music player or phone don’t fit their ears, and there are actually two affordable solutions out there aside from replacing the earbuds with […]

Fun UNIX Shell Tricks

I wanted to know what was the last date of the preceding month to now… regardless of when now is… The UNIX/Linux cal command came to the rescue: cal -3 | cut -c1-16 | grep -v “^ *$” | tail -1 | sed -e ‘s/^..* \([23][0-9]\)/\1/’ It turns out you need a fairly modern version […]

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggerman, Thief…

“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” was intense! Gary Oldman never fails to deliver, and neither does Benedict Cumberbatch nor Mark Strong. Excellent casting all around, especially of John Hurt. You have to like a mystery, for there is almost no sex and almost no action; but it is a very suspenseful thriller with stunning acting all […]

iOS Airport Utility on iPad has a nifty feature

I noticed a pretty nifty feature of the Airport Utility app on my iOS 5.0.1 based iPad. When I have multiple Apple branded Airport devices wired to the same network, they appear side by side on the Airport Utility’s topology map: When I have one Airport device daisy chained off another, both setting up private […]

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Find my iPhone

The Find my iPhone feature available on iPhones and iPads is very, very handy if you ever lose or misplace your phone. The catch is you have to turn the feature on before you lose the device. Once lost, it is too late. So take a few minutes and enable and test the feature when […]

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Exploring Twitter

At a glance Twitter appears to be just like status updates in Facebook, but with none of the other junk. Just plain text from your friends and those you decide to follow. Doh! I should have been doing twitter all along and ignoring Facebook. If you care, I am scottdavidnolan on Twitter. I will NOT […]

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