I’m a gadget guy to be sure and anyone who knows me understands (or at least accepts) my obsession and fanaticism when it comes to modern electronics and especially ones geared towards computing.  I, unlike many I know, love to see change when it comes to modern conveniences.  I have recently, within the last year or so, begun to follow the mobile phone market as I see it as the next big “life changer”.  I sincerely believe that the so called  “Netbook” is an interim device that will fill a very narrow market-space until the mobile smartphone market has fully matured. More »

Whomever coined the phrase “Growing Old Gracefully” ought to be punched in the throat!  It would seem that the aging process produces, among other things, new pains practically on a daily basis.  What once I thought was idle complaints from my elders are now a painful and persistent reality for me.  My joints hurt, my back hurts, I cannot bound up the stairs as I once did and even if I could I do not posess the energy to do so.  It gets to the point where your pain takes up a considerable amount of your daily thoughts as well.  You have to decide if its a pain that requires medical attention or if its a pain that is just another pain.  Its maddening some days! More »

The great minds at Google and Verizon have released their highly anticipated update to the Android operating system version 2.  Version 2.01 is largely a bug fix update with a few extras that have gotten some mixed reviews. Overall, its been a positive update and it would appear that Google and Verizon are going to keep pushing updates to further refine what has become a very successful phone and operating system.  For a complete listing of all the fixes you can click here. More »

I have been a photography hobbyist for the better part of my life.  With the advent of digital photography, things just keep getting easier, bigger, faster and better.  An item I’ve struggled with however is managing personal photos or “snapshots” with that of the more creative photography I do when I’m able.  In the “professional photography” realm there are all kinds of great tools to help you master your craft, manage your content and present your work.  On the flipside there has always been a void where the everyday snapshot has been ignored.  I do not like to intermingle my creative work with my casual snapshots so I’m often relegated to using inferior tools to modify and store those photographs.  Now, I suppose I could work through all this by creating complicated directory structures and different databases within the professional caliber software I use but frankly that is just too much effort and risk to take.  I just want a piece of software that will import my digi-cam photos, make a half hearted attempt to organize those photos and give me some decent editing tools that I can use to iron out any wrinkles in the shots.  Is that too much to ask?  Well once again Google, through their acquisition of Picasa, has rescued me again. More »

This whole thing started when I changed over to a Google Apps domain.  I began consolidating all of the email accounts that I’ve had and streamlining work-flows to allow more time to those things not requiring seat time behind a computer.  Now, with that said….I’m not sure that I’ve actually accomplished anything at all other than to eliminate some email accounts.  But, I push onward to develop my own perfect little world where I know whats going on at any given time.

2009 has been an interesting year in terms of weeding out technological things I feel I need and things I don’t.  I’ve done a tremendous amount of experimentation with regards to content management, blogs, PC’s, laptops, smart-phones, media players and social networking sites.  Some things I really liked and others…not so much.  In the end, I still like to sit in front of my ridiculously overpowered PC and play games at night with my buddies or surf in style on my 25″ monitor.  However, what is also true is that I’m becoming equally at home doing many of these things from the comfort of my cell phone or on a laptop that I may have access to elsewhere…maybe even my PS3.  Its becoming clear that these “other” devices are converging and making it easy to access the information I want from damn near anywhere.  This is great!  A good friend of mine told me a couple years ago that he was enjoying all the technology he had in place because it made him feel plugged in…you know connected to the world around him.  While I probably said “cool” and nodded my head in agreement, it wasn’t until this year that I could share that feeling.  I’ve found that I’m able to produce what I want, manage it the way I want and present it in nearly limitless ways.  I really do feel plugged in and part of something that I’m not sure I fully understand yet.  It is “cool” and I’m glad to be able to experience it. More »

This site and this first post represent many years of evolution in my desire to produce and maintain a website that could have some usefulness to me and perhaps others.  I don’t want to confuse anyone into thinking that I just want some attention because that’s not it at all… I simply have wanted to create something out here in this vast space that I could call my own and that would allow me to participate in what I consider my generations greatest gift, the World Wide Web.  We all take it for granted now of course but I remember when it didn’t exist and I remember how useless it was when it first burst onto the scene.  I am fortunate to have grown up at a time that allowed me to see the incarnation and evolution of the single greatest resource mankind has ever known.  There is absolutely nothing that I can think of that doesn’t eventually lead me here in search of more information.  Having just turned 40 I look back on the days of Encyclopedias, libraries, dictionaries and periodicals and am amazed at how antiquated they all seem now.  Hell I remember what a revolution the microwave oven and the VCR were and don’t even get me started on telephones!  But I digress, this site is for me and I want it to be a place where I can postulate on anything I want to, when and where I feel like it.  This site is my contribution to the world I live in and love….despite my occasional frustrations with it.

With this first post and the re-launch of this site I have arrived with all the enthusiasm I could hope to have.  I look forward to the journey and where it may lead me.  I also hope that those that occasionally travel with me will enjoy their time here.  Thanks for visiting and there will be more to come.

-Peace