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Started iOS 5.0 update for iPad

Woot! The long awaited iOS update is showing up in my iTunes 10.5 now; so I am applying it to iPad first and then iPhone 4 next. Squee!!!! Even more Squee: Airport Utility for iOS!!!

2011 10 12 snolan News Comments (1)

Getting ready for Friday

iPhone carrier plan comparison

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2011 10 12 snolan Comments (0)

Evernote totally rocks!

I am replacing (finally) my venerable Palm Tungsten C and Palm Desktop Software on my Macs with Evernote… and it may replace some other things too – initial impression is: amazing! The driver to get off Palm Desktop (which I admit to using less and less lately) is that it is a PowerPC app on […]

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2011 10 06 snolan Computers Comments (0)

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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2011 09 27 snolan Blogging
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Deleted Facebook Account

Tired of being treated horribly I deleted my Facebook account. I’ll miss folks, but it just was not worth it anymore.

2011 09 22 snolan Blogging Comments (0)

Comcast without a box

Comcast has finally completely cut off analog TV feeds, requiring their customers with only analog tuners to: 1) buy a digital tuner converter 2) rent one of the horrible Comcast tuner boxes 3) replace analog TVs with digital TVs that can tune in the few digital channels Comcast still feeds (for how long?) 4) cancel […]

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2011 09 22 snolan Local Comments (5)

Initial iPad Setup

A beloved relative recently asked me for help setting up their new iPad 2, and I responded initially with a long email that detailed how to first update iTunes on their Mac and then plug in and update the iPad itself. I went on to have them grab three free apps and a free book […]

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2011 08 09 snolan Computers Comments (0)

Trip to Rome, Italy (May 15-22)

May 15th: The train from Naples was pretty uneventful, and the countryside is beautiful. Raining in Rome, cab to hotel was cramped, but only 25 Euros including our bags. Wait a second, for the less than 1 mile trip, that’s pretty extortionate pricing… but it was raining… Hotel Solis is quaint… meaning 1968 called and […]

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2011 07 02 snolan Fun
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Trip to Sorrento, Italy (May 9-15)

Sorry it has taken so long to publish the second installment of the Italy trip, work has been pretty challenging for a solid month and is finally getting tamed down again. Our train from Venice to Rome was full of American tourists and honeymooners from Venice to Florence; then became less crowded approaching Rome where […]

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2011 07 02 snolan Fun
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Looking for ISP other than Comcast

Damn – looks like Roadstar Internet only works if you can see the Blue Ridge Mountains… RoadstarInternet.com That may work for a lot of people, but we’d be in the shadow of Bull Run Mountain Another option might be: novawireless.net Not quite as fast as Comcast; and prices are no better, but they must have […]

2011 06 27 snolan Local Comments (0)