Whatever interesting technology stuff is going on… of interest to the geeks among of us. You know who you are! =)

The year 2058. Nano-technology? Cloning? Techno or rap in nursing homes? RFID chips? Microchips?

Posted by Angela on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 with 1 Comment

I spend a lot of time thinking about the year 2058. I was asked why and this was my response: I think about 2058 because at one time I was pretty certain I was going to live until age 90. I’d be 90 in 2058. I still wonder if I’ll see the year 2058 and...

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Is Apple becoming Big Brother? Chill out with the paranoid corporate genius stuff!

Posted by Angela on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 with 1 Comment

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Appholes www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party...

From Cool Cat to Crazy Cat? A look at the recent cat fights between Steve Jobs and well…. everybody else.

Posted by Angela on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 with 1 Comment

Now before I say what I’m about to say, let me immediately establish the following: I’m an Apple fan-grrl. Have been for years. I wax poetic about all things Apple. And I think Steve Jobs is brilliant and a master at what he does, albeit no one gets anything accomplished without a team. [Remember this...

Playing with Google Street View

Posted by Angela on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 with 1 Comment

So Google just released Google Earth for Google Maps. While playing around with this new gem of functionality, I decided to go back in time. Here’s our house in England. Front window on the left is the bedroom my sister and I shared back in the 70s. =) View Larger Map How absolutely amazing that...

6 reasons why the iPad could be the ‘Star Wars’ of tablet computing :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Andy Ihnatko

Posted by Angela on Friday, March 26th, 2010 with No Comments

6 reasons why the iPad could be the ‘Star Wars’ of tablet computing :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Andy Ihnatko. Since the iPad was on the horizon, I’ve had the almost daily argument with myself, “Should I?” “Shouldn’t I?” “Get an iPad? Or not…?” “Yes?” “No.” “Wait and see?” “Wait in line…” And which one? The...

Dilemma: How to easily share articles on self-hosted WordPress blog. Any suggestions?

Posted by Angela on Sunday, February 21st, 2010 with 2 Comments

I like to quickly and easily share news or blog articles I come across while surfing the web, just like thousands of others. ust about every website now has a share button of some kind, with Facebook, Twitter, and Email being the most popular choices offered. Another *standard* is the ShareThis box offered by sharethis.com....

Google Announces Release of Public DNS today – The Reality of Net Neutrality vs. Privacy

Posted by Angela on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 with 6 Comments

Well, I have to admit, I was a little surprised at Google’s announcement today regarding the release of their Public DNS system. My initial thoughts were: 1) WOW! This is very interesting in an exciting where will technology take us next sort of way! 2) YIKES! This is scary in a huge monopoly, big brother ...

Facebook Connect vs Google Friend Connect – Google wins for simplicity

Posted by Angela on Sunday, November 15th, 2009 with 4 Comments

So I started doing some research on the integration of social options for you loyal readers of my blog and I was presented with two salient choices. Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect. Obviously, I looked at Facebook Connect first since I spend so much time on Facebook. Most all articles were unanimous in saying...

Facebook to WordPress API… Trying to easily share news stories… and Google Wave

Posted by Angela on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 with 2 Comments

So yesterday, I finally got my invite to Google Wave. Yippppeeeeee!!!! I spent most of today watching all the *Getting Started Videos* and playing around with the functionality. What IS Google Wave? Only the next biggest thing EVER… as far as the internet is concerned. Web 3.0 is cresting and about to hit shore in...

Hating Digg!

Posted by Angela on Friday, June 26th, 2009 with 1 Comment

I joined Digg a looooong time ago. And stopped using it because of technical issues. Lost some links etc. Long story… Anyway, had a friend join me on Digg recently so I logged back into my profile after a couple years…. and two out of three stories that I tried to Digg gave me this:...