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A sneak peek at the future of GPS navigation 2008-07-17 19:14:00 I've had the very fortunate opportunity to get a sneak peek at the future of GPS
navigation. The future where 3D maps and integrated traffic are old school.
I would be remiss if I didn't share the future with my readers so I now present a short list of features coming to a GPS navigation system near you:
The ability to show all vehicles driving near you on your GPS navigation screen. If one car
The easiest way to save 10% at Best Buy 2008-07-16 14:31:00 I was standing in line at the post office the other day when I glanced over at all of the postal forms on the table next to me. For whatever reason the Mover's Guide Official Change of Address Kit caught my eye. I'm not planning on moving anytime soon but the writing on the kit that said "Look inside for savings from..." along with a list of well-known companies such as Lowe's and Best Buy
definit
Shhhh… I am getting DIRECTV for free 2008-07-15 19:59:00 If you've been following my summer television experiment you probably already know that I dropped my DIRECTV service a few months ago in favor of a high-definition, antenna only solution. Knowing this you might be as shocked as I was when I turned on my bedroom television and saw a broadcast coming over my satellite.
My first inclination was of course to panic thinking that DIRECTV never really d
Noobie dad stumps techie son with simple Nintendo DS question 2008-07-11 00:25:01 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
Are you a prisoner of your voice mail? 2008-07-09 15:20:00 Sometimes I feel like a prisoner to my own voice mail. I just received a new voice mail alert on my Verizon Wireless phone. When I called to retrieve the voice mail, I was forced to listen to three old voice mails before I could listen to the new one.
I understand the reasoning behind this. Verizon Wireless only lets you save individual voice mails for a set period of time (I think it is 21 days
VZ Navigator, ChaCha and my 13 year-old nephew add up to pizza yumminess 2008-07-08 21:00:00 Not too long ago I wrote a blog post comparing the VZ Navigator
application on my Verizon Wireless Env2 cell phone to my standalone Garmin Nuvi 660 GPS navigation unit. In the end I mentioned I preferred the Garmin Nuvi 660 which prompted several comments from readers defending the VZ Navigator and questioning my preference.
Most of the commenters touted their love of the VZ Navigator due to its Read more:ChaCha
, nephew
CDs are red, DVDs are blue, some can’t tell the difference, can you? 2008-07-08 00:50:01 Here's the next in a series of explanations of why noobies are so easily confused by technology.
My dad recently received a video in the mail from someone he met during his travels to India. He wanted to share the video with me and asked me if I'd like to watch it. After I agreed, I asked what format the video was on. My dad replied that it was on CD but then paused and said, "Or maybe it's a DV Read more:difference
Can a cell phone really replace your watch? 2008-07-03 19:15:01 Four weeks ago my watch
battery died at about the same time the watch band broke in half. I figured it was time to get a new watch. But not being able to turn down a techie challenge I decided instead to try a little experiment. I wanted to see how long I could go without a watch.
The reason I wanted to try this is because in Noobie's cell phone
class, I tell the participants that cell phones hav
Will the Verizon Wireless VZ Navigator replace my Garmin Nuvi 660? 2008-07-02 00:05:00 I've been using a free 30 day trial of the VerizonWireless
VZ Navigator
application on my Env2 mobile phone for a few weeks now. That's enough time for me to form an opinion although my opinion fluctuated over the course of the 30 days.
My first impression of the VZ Navigator was that it was too small. Keep in mind I'm used to (read that "spoiled by") the 4.5" display on my standalone Garmin
Nuv Read more:Garmin Nuvi
, Verizon Wireless
GPS navigation systems could someday save your life 2008-06-30 23:03:00 Is it possible that GPS
navigation systems could save lives? I think it is. Of course I'm partially biased because a woman almost ran me off the road today.
Unfortunately, I didn't get a good look at the woman because she was wearing a large, unfolded paper map on her face.
Now I'm not a driving instructor but I'm pretty sure this kind of driving is frowned upon. And if not, I'm definitely sure
Nintendo Wii makes Mr. Noobie a Guitar Hero 2008-06-27 18:49:00 I keep up pretty regularly with all things technology in the news. Which means I've known for quite some time that Guitar
Hero is one of the most popular video games right now. I've even run into several adults that have the game and talk about how addicted they are to it.
But until recently, I had never seen nor played Guitar Hero
. That all changed on Father's Day when I received Guitar Hero f Read more:makes
, Nintendo
, Nintendo Wii
, Wii
10% of you don’t know what a text message is 2008-06-26 16:02:00 Noobie just closed a poll that had been running on our web site for the past month. The poll asked how many text messages you send each month. The majority of people who responded, 42.31%, indicated they send 0-10 text messages per month. My guess is the respondents are closer to 0 text messages per month than they are 10.
This majority of people visiting the Noobie web site not sending a lot of
Social Security email doesn’t add up 2008-06-25 23:36:00 I am perplexed at an email that is heavily circulating the Internet right now. It has to do with possible changes to the social security system in our country. Usually when I get a mass email like this I delete it immediately regardless of how many people I am supposed to forward it on to or what is going to happen to me if I don't.
But this particular email perplexes me from a purely mathematica Read more:Social
, Social Security
GameFly online chat assistance passes noobie test with flying colors 2008-06-24 18:46:00 My recent pizza cravings have earned me a free 30 day trial at GameFly, compliments of Pizza Hut. If you don't know what GameFly is think Netflix for video games. If you don't know what Netflix is, think of GameFly as your online
game rental store.
When I decided to claim my free 30 day trial code at GameFly earlier today, I had every intention of writing about my experience with GameFly in this
Text ordering from Pizza Hut not quite what I had in mind 2008-06-23 18:37:00 I'm backing off slightly on my high opinion of Pizza
Hut and their integration of online ordering and text messaging technologies. Saturday night I texted a pizza order to Pizza Hut. Part because I wanted to try out the text messaging technology and part because I was hungry for pizza again.
Remembering, or so I thought, how to place the order from the instructions on my previous online order, I
DIRECTV DVR forces noobie vs. techie showdown 2008-06-20 19:49:00 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
How to make sure your cell phone isn’t a spy phone 2008-06-19 19:34:00 "Who's turn it?"
"I think it's my turn."
"What's the score now?"
"5-2."
That's the conversation my sister had the privilege of listening to from over 50 miles away thanks to my new Env2 cell phone
.
How did this happen? She called me when I was outside with my family playing a game of bocce ball. My cell phone was in my pocket. Apparently, not only did I not hear my cell phone ringing but I al
Who else besides me would get digital converter boxes for their birthday? 2008-07-31 12:58:01 It's official. I applied for my two digital converter
box coupons at www.dtv2009.gov. The process was fairly simple and only took a few minutes to complete. The only part of the form that briefly delayed me was the part that made me answer this question:
Check the statement below that best describes your household:
All or some of the TVs in my house subscribe to one or more pay services, such
How technology and a cup of coffee brightened a stranger’s day 2008-07-30 12:50:00 Yesterday I was having lunch at my new favorite coffee shop when a man sitting at the table next to me asked me if I knew who sung the song that just played on the radio.
I wish he had asked me while the song was still playing. I would have jumped at the chance to whip out my iPhone and show off the song-recognizing Shazam application. But the song was already over so I was put in a Shazam-less s
If Microsoft designed the iPod package 2008-07-29 15:11:00 Microsoft has taken a lot of heat lately mainly due to the bad press Windows Vista has received. But also because they have just sat back and let Apple attack them with their "Hello I'm a Mac and I'm a PC" ad campaign without firing back a single shot.
Meanwhile, Apple has moved up to the third spot in computer sales and has been thriving off the media attention of their non-computer products suc Read more:designed
, iPod
, Microsoft
, package
Which is worse? Accidentally deleting a file or death? 2008-07-28 12:28:00 A comment I often hear from my clients when helping them with their computer is that they are afraid they are going to break something. Usually they have figured out how to turn the computer on and off but beyond that they are afraid to touch it.
These are the same people that get into a 1 or 2 ton hunk of metal (they of course call it their "car") every day to get to work. And they drive this 1 Read more:Accidentally
, death
Do you know how to save $260 on your next cell phone? 2008-07-25 11:56:01 One of my goals with Noobie is consumer awareness with technology products. In other words, I try to help people avoid getting ripped off when they go to the store or go online to purchase a technology product. Unfortunately, some stores make my job harder than others.
Here's a perfect example. A good friend of mine, Doug Karr, who runs The Marketing Technology Blog, sent me this pricing informat Read more:phone
Let the world know that you digg Noobie 2008-07-24 12:53:00 I've had a lot of people tell me in person that they enjoy reading my blog. Some even go as far as to say that they feel like I am talking to them when they read my blog. This always makes me feel good. But today I am going to tell you what would make me feel even better. You might even say I'm asking a favor of you.
If you read my blog posts on the Noobie web site at www.noobie.com/whatsnoo you
And you thought .com, .org and .net were hard to remember? 2008-07-23 12:07:00 A common mistake noobies make is to assume that every web site address ends with .com. This presents a problem for many not-for-profit organizations that are correctly using the .org domain suffix. Worse yet, there are scores of individuals who make a living off buying mistaken web site addresses just so noobies think they are on the right web site when they in fact, they are not.
This reminds me Read more:thought
Why a laptop is better than a desktop when heading off to college 2008-07-22 13:08:00 A neighborhood kid that lives down the street from me is heading off to his first year of college this fall. He recently mentioned to me that he wants a new laptop but probably won't be getting one since his parents already have a desktop computer lined up for him. I think he already knew by the look on my face but I told him anyway that he needed to convince his parents to get the laptop.
This i Read more:better
Amazon Text Alert makes wait for Wii Fit less painful 2008-07-21 18:21:00 Three traits define my shopping habits:
I almost always try to find what I am looking for online before I head out to a brick and mortar store.
I hate waiting.
I hate waiting even more when at the end of the wait I find out what I want isn't in stock.
These three traits basically sum up why I don't have a Wii
Fit yet. It's not available online, except for perhaps, eBay. It is available at some Read more:Alert
, Amazon
, makes
, painful
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