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Great New App for Little Kids

I came across a great new app for kids today. Vine has released Vine for kids. Kids can scroll through an endless array of age-appropriate videos. It is a great little app for those times when you need to kill time and you have a toddler.

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Lessons I Learned From Nintendo Games

Boy, did I love Nintendo!  I remember when I got mine.  And, when I got new games, I would play and play them until I beat them – sometimes, in a couple of days.  I remember going to Phar-Mor  in Rivergate to rent games for $1.50/game.  Frequently, I would play them for 2-3 days, beat […]

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Cool new Microsoft Office functionality from Windows 10

Really cool new features ahead from Microsoft Windows 10.

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The Internet Will Disappear

Fascinating thoughts from Eric Schmidt: “There will be so many IP addresses (…) so many devices, sensors, things that you are wearing, things that you are interacting with that you won’t even sense it.” Surely you will sense it, because you’ll find this magical at-oneness with the digital world far more interesting than, say, the […]

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Finding the Best Digital Storage Solution for your Family

I have spent years trying to perfect this one.  It’s a challenge.  Where/how do you house those precious pictures and videos?  What’s the best solution that will endure for many years?  Hard drives are great as a place to keep files – particularly, large video files.  But, if you have several hard drives, it’s hard […]

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Consumer Products that Just… Work…

Meet my clock – my alarm clock by my bedside.  This is a plain old GE alarm clock sold in the early ’90s.  My parents got it for me when I went off to Vanderbilt.  Here is a consumer product that works.  And, it has kept on working since I was a freshman in college […]

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