I don’t know if Sarah Palin rolled her eyes at the teacher in the video below or not. The pregnant pause was sure weird, though. But more important, her boots! When I watched this yesterday, I saw her wellies at the end and thought woah, those are pretty cool. OK, I don’t wear wellies (short for [...]

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Let’s say you’ve upgraded to a new iPhone and want your kids to have your old one. More and more, kids have phones. The iPhone is nice, since it doubles as a game device. But you don’t want them to have the smartphone features AT&T charges more for, both to save money and maybe to [...]

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I’ve had a Droid X for the past two weeks, running alongside my iPhone 4. Short story: I’m not keeping it, primarily because of the size. It’s too darn big. Below, a long look at the crazy world of super sized phones, plus some other observations on life with the Droid X. Be forewarned. Most of [...]

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Earlier this week, I handed in my iPhone 4. I’m back on my iPhone 3G at the moment. I’ll move to Android soon. I loved my iPhone 4 in many ways, and I’ll share my thoughts about it below. But the most important feature, the AT&T network it ran on, sucked. Getting Out Of My Contract Apple [...]

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Say Goodbye To Albertsons On The Balboa Peninsula

July 28, 2010

We’ve been hearing rumors that the Albertsons supermarket would be closing soon here on the Balboa Peninsula, as well as all the stores in the complex near it. Apparently this is true, not that there’s been any local press about it. I just heard back from my local city councilman, Michael Henn, who told me: The City [...]

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Enough About The iPhone 4 Antenna, More About AT&T’s Bad Network

July 14, 2010

The iPhone 4 antenna issue perhaps jumped the shark when Consumer Reports declared this week that it did special testing to prove that the “death grip” really can lead to a loss of signal. Hey, Consumer Reports? Where was your special investigation into how just being on AT&T’s network can lead to a loss of [...]

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Fourth Of July 2010 Info For Newport Beach & The Balboa Peninsula

July 3, 2010

Heading to Newport Beach for the 4th Of July? Here are some tips for you!

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Dear LinkedIn: If I Wanted You To Be Digg, I Would Have Asked

June 25, 2010

Life as a LinkedIn group manager isn’t much fun, given the limited control you have over your group. Now LinkedIn’s rolled out a new discussion format that makes things even worse, not to mention confuses the difference between “discussions” and “news” items. Apparently, LinkedIn has serious Digg envy. Let the spam commence. How Things Were Previously, LinkedIn [...]

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iPhone 4 Case Options (Try Some Old Cases!)

June 25, 2010

I’m a phone case fanatic. If my phone’s not in a case, I feel like it’s undressed, unprotected for the world. So the challenge with a new phone is often that the cases lag behind. The iPhone 4, which I got yesterday (mock me or applaud me now) is no exception. A few thoughts for [...]

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Upgrading The iPhone to iOS4 – The Quick & Dirty Way

June 22, 2010

I decided to upgrade my iPhone 3G to iOS 4 today, despite worries that ultimately, it would just slow my phone down more. We’ll see. After an hour of waiting just for the phone to backup, I got a tip off Twitter that let me get through the upgrade process painlessly in 45 minutes flat. [...]

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