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Thoughts on Steve
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is no longer the same river … and he is no longer the same man.” — Heraclitus
As a professional news writer, I have spent much of the last five days thinking about — and writing about — the death of Steve Jobs. My friends [...]
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A No-Brainer Shortcut for Quickly Creating PDFs
…it sure would be nice to be able to save some time and some mouse clicks each time we want to create a PDF. This month’s tip gives the recipe for a shortcut to do just [...]
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A quick way to speed up Web surfing on all your computers
In every case I’ve seen so far, a quick, easy and free change in the DNS settings of their home Internet router fixes the problem. Switching the router from using the ISPs default DNS service to a faster, more efficient public DNS gives an immediate and noticeable improvement in browsing [...]
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Main Meeting Location – UCF Business Incubator
Location of the Main [...]
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One More Thing …
one thing Steve said that I haven’t so far heard anyone else really pick up on…
by Charles [...]
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By Walt Sellers, on September 17th, 2010
The winners were announced on September 16th.
The Edison-2 took the top spot and $5 million 1st prize. The car used a gas motor (using E85 Ethanol) but only weighed 850 pounds. The car achieved the 100 MPGe (Miles Per Gallon “equivalent” to gasoline.) The team is based in Virginia and plans to manufacture the car [...]
By Walt Sellers, on July 23rd, 2010
The last roll of Kodachrome film ever made has been processed in Parsons, Kansas at the last lab that still processes Kodachrome.
If you have any unprocessed Kodachrome film, you’ll want to get it to Dwayne’s Photo Service before the end of 2010. After that, even Dwayne’s will no longer process it.
Personally, I have Kodachrome slides [...]
By Walt Sellers, on April 19th, 2010
www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq210/
By Peter, on April 8th, 2010
See some of the details from the news conference here:
http://live.gdgt.com/2010/04/08/live-iphone-os-4-0-event-coverage/#10-14-31-am
Posted from my iPad.
By Walt Sellers, on March 29th, 2010
The Associated Press is reporting that iPads pre-ordered after March 27th will be delayed in shipping until April 12th. No reason is given, but people may still pickup devices in the stores on April 3rd. (Remember that reservations made at a store are held only until 3:00 pm.)
Links: Associated Press Story
By Walt Sellers, on March 27th, 2010
The Google home page for fiber has been updated and the links for nominating your community have been closed.
Google says that it will announce the winning “community or communities” by the end of the year. They show a map on the page with dots that show where governments submitted entries and where large numbers of citizens [...]
By Walt Sellers, on March 25th, 2010
The Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation, Inc. of Winter Park, Florida has committed up to $100,000 to help community nonprofits fully implement the ultra high speed internet network if Google selects Orlando.
Links:
http://www.cityoforlando.net/elected/mayor/pressreleases/10_03_25_100.htm
http://blog.websolvers.com/edyth-bush-foundation-pledges-100000-to-help-orlando-get-googling/
http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2010/03/22/daily44.html
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-google-fiber-deadline-20100326,0,5890210.story
By Walt Sellers, on March 25th, 2010
March 26, 2010 is the deadline. A huge investment in Orlando’s networks is important in lots of ways that are hard describe. Please go to the website for Orlando’s campaign and mark yourself on the map. And fill in the form on Google’s site for individuals.
Putting your name into the form for individuals is more [...]
By Walt Sellers, on March 24th, 2010
From the Orlando Business Journal: http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2010/03/22/daily10.html
Features include information about the crowds in the parks, park maps, find-a-friend.
By Walt Sellers, on March 23rd, 2010
The maker of the Macintosh Programs “Now Up-To-Date” and “Now Contact” has officially ceased operations as of this month according to its website: http://nowsoftware.com/
Interestingly, the site redirects the browser to a site powered by Google. Other links I’ve seen lead to NowSoftware.org as well.
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