Category Archives: tech

For YEARS now, I have been having trouble with Microsoft Word (all versions) crashing on my Macs (all versions of hardware and Mac OSX) whenever I quit the program. I would get an error dialog box prompting me to report … Continue reading →

There is a simple reason why Apple is on a serious rise at the moment, and it’s all about the experience…  the experience of buying their products, the experience of using their products, and the experience of what happens when … Continue reading →

It’s been a couple of weeks of frustrating internet problems, with constant drop-outs and calls to our internet provider. There’s nothing more irritating that going through the doofus “turn-your-unit-off” type routines, when you know all along that nothing has changed … Continue reading →

I’ve been quite amazed that considering the overwhelming success of the iPhone 4 launch on the US as the largest phone launch EVER (antenna-gate notwithstanding), and the likelihood that the iPhone 4 will also be the most successful phone launch … Continue reading →

At this point, after using the HTC Legend Android 2.1 phone for a few days now, I’m really missing my iPhone. Largely, it’s about the apps.  There are key apps which I use all the time (particularly SimpleNote and Instapaper), … Continue reading →

Recently, my beloved iPhone 3G experienced what the US Airforce would probably call an “uncontrolled interface” with the ground.  Tragically, the ground was concrete. Initially, it appeared that the phone was ok, but after several hours I noticed some gray … Continue reading →

I went out this week to buy my first Android phone because I wanted to get up to speed on what Google is doing and to be able to speak intelligently about what is shaping up to be the main … Continue reading →