technology

Samsung Gear Fit 2 / 2 Pro won’t charge

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So I got a Gear Fit 2 Pro recently. Love it. Have had a couple of fitbits before which I liked but either had issues syncing or I lost or broke them, and decided I wanted a change, but find all the current smart watches too clunky. It’s been great but just today I went … Read more

The internet has become an unending avalanche of shit

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I have to say something. And yes, I guess I’m contributing to the steaming pile. With infinite competition for mind share, eyeballs and clicks, touches, swipes, everyone’s doing it. Doing what you ask? Adding ‘content’ to the internet to get noticed. Personally and professionally (is there a difference anymore?) content is published on websites, social … Read more

Another drip coffee maker! Cuisinart DCC-2600 14 cup

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[amazonify]B00005IBX9:right[/amazonify][amazonify]B001NGO27W:right[/amazonify] So the Mr. Coffee coffee maker I had finally quit. It wasn’t expensive, but still annoying that it just died. It was probably about 3 years old. I liked that it had a green backlit fairly large analog-style (hands) but LCD clock. It had a thermal carafe which meant no burnt coffee from it sitting on a warmer, but the caraffe was heavy and hard to open, so this time I decided to go back to a glass carafe coffee maker.

Good friend recommended the Cuisinart DCC-1200 12 cup maker, which had very positive reviews but I looked a little more and found a 14 cup model that looked like it had a nicer looking design. I ended up buying a ‘refurbished’ one from Abe’s of Maine for just $59.95 + shipping. Shipping was pricey at $12.19 but I still saved nearly $30. It came quickly and looked just like new. Note: It did say refurbished by Cuisinart themselves and that the warranty is 90 days. Perhaps a non-refurbished one has a longer warranty.
So how is it so far?

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If you loved the Apollo space program, get this

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[amazonify]B003NOGNPQ:right[/amazonify][amazonify]B000XJ5TPE:right[/amazonify]Last night I watched In The Shadow Of The Moon, with some of the surviving astronauts, telling, in their own words, what the Apollo program and moon landings were like, interspersed with tons of footage of the events themselves. It was wonderful. While the space stuff is great, it was also very personal, and you … Read more

web site development, and what people think they know…

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To quote Donald Rumsfeld, there’s known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns. In the case of web development as with many things, some people who use web sites, think they know how easy/hard it is to build them. (Hint: they don’t) Check out this person who needs to hire a programmer yet they already ‘know’ … Read more

Remembering January 28th, 1986

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This day contained 2 things burned in my memory. Like many who love NASA and all it has accomplished, I was horrified to learn the Challenger space shuttle blew up a couple of minutes after launch as it rocketed into space. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4JOjcDFtBE Later that day, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech to the nation, that … Read more

Meet Elliott (Blackberry Storm video put on youtube)

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So I got a Blackberry Storm recently (love it, although there’s quite a learning curve!). Anyway, it can capture video, which is pretty cool.  So I grabbed a few tiny videos and wanted to see if I could transfer, edit, and publish on youtube. Took two tiny videos, transferred them, imported to Windows Movie Maker … Read more

Browser differences can drive a web developer mad

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As a web developer, one important task is testing web pages with multiple different browsers and even different versions of the same browser.  This could drive a person insane, but I’d like to share a couple of discoveries. Trying to be a good developer I’m using ‘div’s more than tables these days, using CSS extensively, … Read more