When I first got my Droid X Android phone I was not quite ready to give up my Windows Smartphone yet. I wanted to find equivalent mandatory apps first, so activation was something I wanted to avoid. So I thought I would turn the phone on and get used to it, and use WiFi for […]
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Configuring AP7750 APC Transfer Switch NMC
I am very particular about supplying computer equipment with power protection and managing those devices. American Power Conversion (APC) has been my choice of power protection provider for many years. Recently I installed an AP7750 Transfer Switch so that if a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) failed, power could be sourced from line power through a […]
Free Android Flight Simulator Game – Winds Of Steel Demo
Flight simulator games seem to have pretty much disappeared in favor of first person shooter games. Being a WWII air war buff, that doesn’t sit well with me. I had many hours of enjoyment with PC based flight sims like GunShip (the original CGA graphics circa 1988), Comanche (awesome graphics for its day), Aces of […]
HDTV With Internet – Difference Between Plasma, LCD, LED
As it would happen, our 8 year old Toshiba 52″ projection TV decided to freak out with convergence problems putting us in the market for a new HDTV with internet. So I decided it was time to refresh my memory on the different technologies available and how all of that intertwined with the new 3D […]
Mobile Navigation With Android – Better Than TomTom?
Yesterday I was riding in a vehicle instead of driving so I fired up my Droid X to see how the point to point navigation with Android was. We have a TomTom GPS and, once you learn it, it is pretty decent. The thing that frustrates me with TomTom, though, is that no matter if […]
Windows Phone 7 Released November 8, 2010
Mark your calendars, Windows Phone 7 is expected to debut at a store you could care less about on November 8, 2010. Sorry, sarcasm is one of my specialties. Notice the “live tiles” on the home screen; this is everything you care about all in one place – so Microsoft says. I just don’t see […]