Techie

My dad stumped me with a noobie question yesterday. He saw both of my sons playing with their Nintendo DS game systems and constantly throwing around the term "DS". My dad looked at me and asked, "What does DS stand for?" I opened my mouth to answer but realized immediately I didn't have a clue what to say. So I sat and thought about it. And thought about it some more. And some more. And some mo

My mom and dad recently got DIRECTV at their summer cottage, a place notorious for terrible television reception even with a decent antenna. But now instead of terrible television reception they have over 200 channels or pure digital television. Quite a change from what they had before. They also have a DIRECTV digital video recorder (DVR) on one of their televisions. Since my mom and dad have ca

I know many of you check in with your daily blogs on readers such as Bloglines, etc. Well I have a new reader to tell you about that will be of great interest to you on the Married to the Ministry Blogroll as well as anyone else who wants to be sure to follow Christian content.I have created a group on a new site called Church Weblogs. I've not updated it lately, but the idea is that you will be

Gone are the days when gadget manufacturers used pink-colored gizmos as a way to attract their female clientele. Today, the number of women who are purchasing gadgets are looking for something more than an eye-candy. Sure, when we buy a laptop computer, we prefer pastel or hot, bright colors over the boring black or [...] Related Entries: Billion Dollar Babes - San Francisco, CA November 3

Father’s day is coming up fast and if you are wondering on what to give your dad, there are a lot of computer accessories and stuff you can consider as a neat father’s day gift. Among the things you can consider include: A new keyboard or mouse Speakers DVD writer Higher capacity video cards Writeable CDs It all depends on your [...]

Nowadays many people find new techie or cool gadgets for them to stay in touch and also to add for their cool gadgets. The ” N810 the Internet tablet ” this is anything you need to easly access the web wherever you are but sadly It doesn’t have mobile data capability.For faster Internet connection just find nearest Wi-fi hotspot or simply connect it to bluetooth via cellphone, and a full

No doubt, blog is extremely famous these days. In fact, 1.35 blogs were created every second. Not only as a powerful tool of communication, but also as monetizing platform. As of March 2007, Technorati estimated that 120,000 blogs were created everyday. That's about 1.39 blogs created per second! Okay, the data was extracted from BBC last year. Quite a phenomenon wasn't it? How about blog platfo

Laurie Borden wrote to me this week - to tell me about a new website based service for artists (and others) who are still selling on eBay. eBay recently announced a change in the rules which caused an absolute storm of protests from eBay sellers which was reported in the national press. Sellers were very agitated about the fact they would no longer be allowed to leave negative feedback about

Have you ever wondered why you got so many visitors to your website or blog who don't stay very long? Well the benchmark for "silly traffic" is apparently 75% What is "silly traffic"? Seth Godin has coined the term "silly traffic" to describe the following This is a truth of the Internet: When traffic comes to your site without focused intent, it bounces. 75% of all unfocused visitors

Oh yes, mother’s day is coming. What have you planned for Mother’s day this year? Well, since my mom isn’t a high tech lady, she’s happy with a good meal and some shopping cash. Cash is king, haven’t you heard? But if your mom is a techie one who owns an iPod, why not consider this [...]

In our fast-paced, technology-based economy, being up to speed on new technology is a must, but it’s not all bits, bytes and HTML.   Video and movie franchises as well as computer repair/installation are in high demand and we’ve put together a list of businesses that have already done all the [...]

Yang namanya kaum “techie“, kapan pun dan dimana pun, pasti selalu dekat dengan gadget mereka masing-masing. Mari kita lihat satu-persatu. Kapan pun. Walau malam Minggu, bukan wanita yang dioprek, tetapi masih gadget masing-masing. Dimana pun. Saat makan, masih juga mengutak-utik gadget. Berikut ini screenshot yang didapat saat kaum techie makan iga bakar di malam Minggu. Enjoy! Iga [...]

I wonder what to categorize this one as I see it as both a room and a very comfortable bed as well. Even if you are tied to it for hours, you can be sure that it won't be a real nightmare. The bed is shaped like a sphere and has a 32 inch LCD fixed into its belly. You can entertain yourself with DVDs and sink into the brilliant surround sound speakers. That's not all. You can make your nights extra special with a little wine that can be placed in the bottle cooler and also a massage section. Well, still feel like sharing her with someone? The red frame of the Sphere Bed makes it sensuous to be in and cozy as well. However, there is a color choice as well.

Yesterday, I had this short chit-chat with a friend who also happened to be a doctor. I asked what other medical career are in demand right now, aside from nurses. She said, that’d be an xray technician. It made me wonder how long it’d take to be a certified x ray technician, and if... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The video is awesome as it is recorded live ,no extra Graphix.Jurrasic Pet responds to touch,its machanism is complex comprising of motors and sensors.Even eye lids are motor controlled.www.pleoworld.comToys for techie People

To be techie , you have to first realize that you are the only techiest person on the earth -hacker of hackers ,coders of coders, gadget guru, etc. With this attitude you can only be the techie one. with you have to be cheerful with others also.Don't be over confident or cheerful. now what you have to do to be one of us ???what ???Here are some tips to be techie.----do comment to add your tip.Te

I was once very fortunate to have a young professional photographer called David Hodge as a neighbour. He taught me about how much of the technique to getting a good photograph was about putting yourself in the right place at the right time. Plus just how many photos it takes to get a halfway decent one (approx 1 in 10) and how many it takes to get a stunner (more like 1 in 100 if not more).

I love technical toys. I have a lot. I have so many that when I stay in a hotel, I have to bring a power strip to power them all. My laptop, my cell phone, my camcorder and my digital camera… and I’m always looking for more. And when I look to buy computers, I definitely want to find good quality discount computers that will last me for many years.. until they become outdated, which really isn’t long at all. I’m thinking about getting a new digital camera and Tech Bargains would be a good place to look. They have coupons and rebates, product reviews and comparisons so you can find what fits you best, mobile RSS feeds so you can find things when you are on the go, and deal alerts customized to fit our interests. Cool stuff! I need more techie toys… what should I buy? I’m going to go and browse their site and see what fun things, maybe a PDA or something, that I can use next.

By press reports, Apple's iPhone is all the rage. Lines of people were outside of stores waiting to purchase the expensive smartphones -- $500 for the 4 GB model -- when they were introduced in late June. Of course, such purchases meant also signing a two-year AT&T contract -- $1,700 estimated. First they had to sign up for Apple's iTunes download service, whether they wanted to download music or not. So now I wish I had an iPhone. After all, I want to be part of the "in" techie crowd, and what better way to say so than with Apple's newest toy?

Ok, so probably you don’t have to be a techie head to answer this one. In fact, probably the less you know, the more applicable your answer will be. I want to know what FTP Client those of you (with their own domains) are using, which you’ve tried and hated, which you’ve tried and love, and why. I like information. I like to know everything I can know about something before I make my final choices. That’s probably why I’m still not quite at the end of exhausting every free trial on every anti-virus and firewall software that’s available out there. I know what I like now, and what I hate. That’s when I buy. Oh.. and it frustrates the hell out of the kids. Bonus! So please, do post a comment and tell me what you like, what you hate, which you would recommend and which you’d advise people to run screaming from.  The learned and the learning alike, I’m interested in what you have to say.

According to an article by Andy McCue in Silicon.com [1], "Techies lack communication and leadership skills."First off - Aaaaarrrrgggghhhhhhh!!! EeeeeeeeeeeOOooooooowwwwwwww!! Oooooooaoaaaooohhhhh!! SSSssssssszzzzZZZzzzzz. and Booooooooo!Heaven knows what sort of survey this was based upon. In a time when IT departments are often stripped to the bare essentials so far that staff can barely see the wood for the trees let alone have enough time to demonstrate a visible business flair then this sort of pointy finger generalisation really gets my goat.Not only are techies dealing with change on an almost hourly, let alone daily basis, and constantly demonstrating leadership skills through offering help, guidance, advice, and mentoring of a broad demographic range of users that to say that key business skills are lacking is a metaphorical slap in the face with a big wet fish.Lacking communication skills? I spend all day every day breaking both good and bad news to users and softly persuadin

It’s very easy simple fun and quick. A point and a click of the mouse with web browser interface and 1,000 template designs anyone can and a wide variety to choose from. Customize with your favorite theme – layout and color. With graphics and CSS – Cascading styling that makes positioning them or stacking very easy Z drag and drop into place. Such as your own logo or branding with photos and with own fav album personal family or business slides. Type your own text and fonts size with selection of style. Flash intro really does catch some attention with a little music. Mobile phones also have internet capabilities for browsing sites and text messaging graphics online games and downloading. With some of the latest technology a person is able to build a .mobi site with a mobile domain with this. And to keep it up to date with RSS feeds and add a journal dairy or web blog. The website is dynamic and updated in real time with fresh up to the minute hourly daily weekly or monthly conte

Thanks to a recommendation from my Dad I am trying out PollDaddy on my sidebar to the right (jump out of your blog reader) try it out. I think it’s nice. Also, SiteMeter, got a little cleaner. (Sidebar bottom) These are nice.

I bought a macbook yesterday! I've needed a new machine for ages as my old PC has been running slowly and falling over regularly for a while now. It's about 6 years old so has done well but is definately a bit of a dinosaur now. So I visited the Apple store yesterday and decided on a mac book for lots of reasons - but the large student discout they offer (14% in the uk) swung it for me. I was really impressed at how helpful they were in the shop - if a little evangelical about mac vs pc (am I the only person in the world who finds those adverts a bit smug?) I'm busy trying to get used to the new commands and interface after years of using a pc. I'm tempted to buy a mac for dummies book - I felt like I was bashing my head against a brick wall last night - I couldn't work any of it out! I'm sure I'll get there. I was on a presentations skills course on Monday and Tuesday. Very 'stretching!' I'm an unusual person in that I enjoy presenting (well, in a training room any

If you are great with web designing and you can definitely blog or create content and would like to know about another option on how you can make money online using another online business model, read on. Reputation Defender, an online identity monitoring service, is a search engine optimization company that does what it claims as “Google insulation.” For a monthly $10 fee, it monitors what information about the client is being disseminated online. And for an extra $30, it can “destroy” content that is not favorable to the client. via Forbes This is one of the businesses that Google helps make thrive. What does it take to put up this kind of online business? (more…)

If web designing doesn’t make you tick, you might want to try another online venture that will still make good use of your geekiness - Technology Blogging. Blog networks are mushrooming everyday. You can either start as an individual blogger running your own blog about the techie stuff you’re so passionate with - be it gadgets, productivity tips, blog platforms, online applications for project management or collaboration tools or anything that always satisfy your techie side. Or you can apply as a blogger for blog networks looking for technology bloggers. (more…)

As ‘yall know, I’ve been one of the participants of the Technorati Favourites Exchange (TFX) over the last few weeks which had the aim of getting a whole bunch of people into the top 100 favourited blogs list on Technorati. It’s been very successful too with the composition of that top 100 changing entirely. So far, I’ve not yet made it as the barrier seems to move up every time I think I’m about to get in at number 100 but I’m not really that bothered as I’ve learnt far more over the last couple of weeks about promoting FP than I would otherwise have done in months if not years. Anyway, I thought I’d share some of that with you here. First off, it’s very clear that the way to go with the adsense ads is the big square block that you see on FP these days. That’s the one that all the big money making blogs use and when we talk big money, one clocked up $8500 in March. Getting the traffic up is key to that $8500 of course and wit

As ‘yall know, I’ve been one of the participants of the Technorati Favourites Exchange (TFX) over the last few weeks which had the aim of getting a whole bunch of people into the top 100 favourited blogs list on Technorati. It’s been very successful too with the composition of that top 100 changing entirely. So far, I’ve not yet made it as the barrier seems to move up every time I think I’m about to get in at number 100 but I’m not really that bothered as I’ve learnt far more over the last couple of weeks about promoting FP than I would otherwise have done in months if not years. Anyway, I thought I’d share some of that with you here. First off, it’s very clear that the way to go with the adsense ads is the big square block that you see on FP these days. That’s the one that all the big money making blogs use and when we talk big money, one clocked up $8500 in March. Getting the traffic up is key to that $8500 of course and wit

Echo Robotics unveiled its latest prototype in social interaction the other day. The prototype consists of a Bluetooth-enabled teddy bear that interacts with other techie teddies to alert you when you're around someone with similar interests as yours. For some, the robot-dancing, cuddly bear may be a godsend for those lacking a wingman. However, unless you want to look like a blanket-dragging Linus, the techie teddy may be a bit more difficult to explain to a new date than the expected drunken text messages.