Author Archives: Tom
Starting Off on the CLEARly Wrong Foot
Well, as the game Gauntlet would say ‘That was a valiant effort’. Hoping to get some shipment information I tried to access my Clear account information I was told I would be getting sometime soon. Today it finally let … Continue reading
How Not To Make a Mobile Gaming Platform
Back around Christmas time my kids decided that since we had a Playstation 3 that I needed a PSP Go. At first, it looks pretty slick. But after six months of owning it, along with a lot of time … Continue reading
iPhone 4
I have so far purchased a single iPhone 4. It came via Fedex on Wednesday and I got it setup and gave it to it’s owner, my wife. She had an iPhone 3G and it was ready for an upgrade. … Continue reading
How Not to Manage Your Computer
Since the iOS v4 was officially published I was doing some maintenance of pre-release code and cleaning out some directories. When Mac OS X asks if you’re sure or asks for a password hit cancel. You just might be deleting … Continue reading
I Can See Clearly Now
So for about six months or longer I’ve been obsessing a bit about WiMax offerings that were in the area. A company called ‘Clear‘ has been offering WiMax service in my area, and I almost pulled the trigger on … Continue reading
The iPhone 4 Order Fiasco
It’s always a zoo when it happens, but the new iPhone 4 order window opened on June 15th, 2010 and as usual, there was a mongrel hoard worth of people waiting to push the button to upgrade / purchase the … Continue reading
On the Road with iPad
I spent from May 2nd until May 27th on the road. I visited such locations as Budapest Hungary, London England, Glasgow & Greenock Scotland, Copenhagen Denmark, Costa Mesa and San Francisco CA before finally coming home again. I brought … Continue reading
iPad Thoughts
Not like I’m a professional reviewer but after getting an iPad on Saturday (16GB Wifi model) I thought I’d comment on the experience so far and a couple of applications that I’ve used. Any link after this will be to … Continue reading
the iPad cometh
So like anyone expecting a new toy I got up at the crack of dawn got some coffee and sat on the front porch waiting. Not. It arrived around 11:30 and I got it all synced up and the first … Continue reading
Customer Service
I’m a real passive aggressive customer. If you tick me off, I don’t cause a problem or throw a fit hoping you’ll give me something, I just don’t come back again, ever. Ask a lot of folks, I can hold … Continue reading
