What is a Home Network?  What is a Router?  The Connected Home 101
February 23, 2010 – 4:18 pm | No Comment

Don’t worry! It may not seem like it yet, but with my help, you’ll see Home networking is much easier than it used to be when you had to hire a professional to connect it …

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DTV Transition

Coming June 12, 2009. What do you need to know? “How to” info that the techies haven’t told you.

Gadgets on the go

MP3s, iPods, iPhones, GPS, anything you want to take with you. What they are. What you want. How to use it.

Home Networks - TVs, Online, & Computers

View your photos or listen to your music from your computer to your TV and home theater. Watch online videos from HULU or YouTube, etc. The Digital Home. All explained with simple “how to” DIY

HomeTheater

From TVs to Audio to Blu-ray Disc Players to Networked TVs, to DVDs–”how to” DIY

Troubleshooting Technology

Tips on where to look first when your electronics aren’t working. Troubleshooting tips to try. Tips on “how to” approach solving your problem.

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BEFORE YOU SELL ON E-BAY PROTECT YOURSELF! BEWARE!
February 2, 2010 – 6:36 pm | No Comment
BEFORE YOU SELL ON E-BAY PROTECT YOURSELF! BEWARE!

Now I know why I hear less about people selling on eBay. There is so much illegal activity, you can’t trust that you’ve really sold an item. Here is a little bit about …

Favorite & Essential App suggestions for your new iPhone
December 27, 2009 – 9:50 pm | No Comment
Favorite & Essential App suggestions for your new iPhone

A lot of people got an iPhone for Christmas and are in search of apps, so I thought I’d let you know my favorites.  I’ve tried out hundreds and below are my suggestions.  Just do …

iTunes 9 How to set up Home Sharing
September 29, 2009 – 9:12 pm | One Comment
iTunes 9 How to set up Home Sharing

Finally, I can share my tunes and movies with my family and they can share their tunes with me. I mean I can actually take the movies and music that are on my family’s computers …

Try out MMS on your iPhone Today! Finally send pictures with your text messages
September 25, 2009 – 3:35 pm | No Comment
Try out MMS on your iPhone Today! Finally send pictures with your text messages

UPDATE: As of 11:30 am PST, the AT&T upgrade is available.  IMPORTANT!: If your iPhone doesn’t automatically shut down and restart, you will have to turn off your phone and restart it  (press the top …

What you Must Know about Streaming Movies from Online-”Fair Use”
September 10, 2009 – 4:17 am | One Comment
What you Must Know about Streaming Movies from Online-”Fair Use”

I am the proud owner of a number of devices that allow me to stream the movies I want to watch anytime I want to watch them.  August is a month of reruns so movies …

Movie-Going App So You’ll Never Have to ‘Hold It”
August 25, 2009 – 3:31 pm | No Comment
Movie-Going App So You’ll Never Have to ‘Hold It”

The perfect app for pregnant women! I promise to get back to Home theater and other devices but this one I just couldn’t pass up.  I’m on a liquid detox diet right now and went …

Comic-Con for Adults & Baby Boomers
July 22, 2009 – 4:03 pm | No Comment
Comic-Con for Adults & Baby Boomers

If, like most people you haven’t heard of Comic-Con, it is a convention for geeks and those who like pop culture.  From video games to popular TV and movies, it’s all there.  Movie directors like …

Lessons & Tips about iTunes and Your Account
July 21, 2009 – 11:43 pm | 2 Comments
Lessons & Tips about iTunes and Your Account

I have been using iTunes for several years now.  My first iPod was a second generation iPod that still had a black and white screen.  I’ve loaded it up with all the CDs I owned. …

Transferring settings & info from old iPhone to new iPhone 3G (s)
June 16, 2009 – 8:35 pm | 6 Comments
Transferring settings & info from old iPhone to new iPhone 3G (s)

I have a ton of apps on my old iPhone. Many apps are customized with login information and preferences and I would hate to have to redo all of that when I sync’d my new …

Connected Home is Evolving- CONNECTIONS ‘09- DECE
June 5, 2009 – 4:29 pm | 2 Comments
Connected Home is Evolving- CONNECTIONS ‘09- DECE

The connected home seems like some future world but it’s here today. What is the “connected home?” It’s when you can watch TV programs, your own videos, online videos, share your photos and …