Wichi Dude

DISTURBING STATISTIC

A while back, when I was a Trainer at work, I used a statistic to show the impact of a quality product.

IS IT GARY OR JERRY?

In preparation for our trip out of town a bit back, Dudette and I decided to invest in a GPS system.  I mentioned it here.

GEEK CARD GOES GLOBAL

The GEEK card is still in jeopardy.  Dudette and I bought a GPS Nav. system the other day in preparation for a trip.

GOING TO LOSE MY GEEK CARD

if I keep this up.

SPEAKING OF POWER SUPPLIES

I was looking at a new video card for my regular computer (that was before getting Dudette a new machine).  The one I have won't handle the newer games available, that was the reason for the search.

EXTERNAL BACKUPS

I mentioned that I would talk a bit more about the hard drive crash I suffered.

I talked to a true "geek" friend about the whole event.  He commiserated at the loss and told me some options I had to recover the data lost.  Not like it is a huge secret but he informed me about a couple companies that recover the information on a dead drive.  He was gracious in explaining how they do it and the time and expertise involved.  Finally, he got to the main point, cost.

ADDING A NEW TOY

Another blogger I "IM" on occasion, uses a web-cam. It looked like a novel idea, but I didn't put much truck in it. Then, during the course of conversation, (IM-ing of course), they turned it on.

All of a sudden, I had their face and voice on the computer.

How cool.

TECHNOLOGY IS JUST COOL

Going through the newspaper, there was an article I thought was just so cool. Software for printers, scanners and copiers prevents counterfeiters from copying money.

Read about it here.

NEW DIGITAL CAMERA

I've been wanting a digital camera for a while now. This weekend I went out and picked one up. A nice little Kodak Easy Share CX6330. A nice little entry camera.

Boy, is that an oxymoron.

Easy my foot. The thing comes with a users manual that is 100 pages long. At the beginning of the manual it tells you that you can get a LARGER PRINT version, for download, from the Kodak site if the print is too small to read. (and it is) Oh, and did I mention, it's about 100 pages long. Think of all the fun you'll have printing that thing out. Or, you could just get used to reading it on the computer.

That's like the billboard that said, "Illiterate? Write for help here...". If the font is too small to read, how do you read the information on getting a BIGGER print copy? Just asking.

BROAD IS BACK

It figures. Bogie wondered where Broad at Bat was.

It seems that for the last few days her site wouldn't load. Messages like "not online" kept popping up. Also, "site not found" and "FORBIDDEN---you are not authorized access to this server" showed up a few times.

So after leaving message on Bogies site, I hit "Broad"s site again. Wouldn't you know, it came up. It hasn't been updated in a while, but it's up. That's a good sign.

Mysteries happen.