Marti M

GIS C++!>$ And if you can translate that, you've been around as long as CompuServe. IT is now just a hobby, and shares my time with cross-stitch and knitting. High-tech, low-tech, and everything in between. I keep these guys in line and roll my eyes at Simmons. Come on, ladies, celebrate your love of technology! "Tech should be black. Colors are for cases."

Did Florida outlaw computers & smartphones??

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I know Simmons likes to liven things up occasionally by throwing politics out there, but I don’t. Usually. This one has to do with computing and smartphones (potentially), so I can justify it. I’ll try not to judge it too harshly. This article from the Huffington Post appeared in my Facebook feed this morning, and I … Read more

PlayStation news: I hope you didn’t update your firmware yesterday

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Well, I woke up this morning to my Twitter feed going OMG MY PS IS BRICKED. Yesterday, Sony released a firmware update, 4.45, that was supposed to disable trophy mode if you wanted, and probably other things, but the digital waves are now awash in bricked console stories. Sony has removed the update and rolled … Read more

Who is developing for Google Glass?

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Evernote. Naturally, THEIR example is a grocery list, but we all know Simmons will be taking girlie pictures with his.   From the Evernote blog: First Look: Evernote for Google Glass  

Retro game, updated!

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If “Lefty’s Bar” makes you think of a virginal middle-aged man in a leisure suit (and if you’re old enough to know what a leisure suit is…), then I have a good chuckle for you: Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded is almost here! Replay Games of Austin, Texas, successfully funded a Kickstarter program to re-do the … Read more

Boldly go where no email has gone before!

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If you’re a Star Trek fan, you’re probably ticking off the days till Star Trek: Into Darkness. I mean, Benedict Cumberbatch! Well, if you haven’t gone and gotten the Official App in the Windows Phone store, the Windows 8 store, Google Play, Amazon’s store, or iTunes (but I can’t get there without logging in, so … Read more

Password … Books

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I’ll admit up front: I’ve been using SkyWallet on my Windows Phone almost since I got my Surround with Windows Phone 7. You have a master password that has to be entered before you can get into the data. Why? Because it’s true: we have SO MUCH digital information we need to remember – user names, passwords, websites, subscription IDs, etc, etc, etc. I used to use the same small set over and over, and we all know that’s not the best idea. In the last year, I’ve been changing that to more site-individualized pass phrases. And as XTC sings, “And I’m getting older, too.”

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