Tech Tips and How-Tos
May 10, 2012 – 1:53 pm | No Comment

Yes, I disappeared from Simple Tech Guru for a little while, but I’ll try to return.  These days I am writing for Tech Goes Strong to help simplify all kinds of technology.
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Triathlon Training Technology -Fitness-Weight Loss

How to use technology for losing weight and training. Features, tips, and my journey toward an Olympic-length triathlon.

Cutting Out Cable-Streaming Media & Home Networks

Can you live without cable TV? See my experience. How to get movies, TV shows, your videos, photos and music WHERE and WHEN you want it. What you need to stream.

iPhones, IPads, ITunes & Gadgets on the Go

iHow-to and iNews: How to use your iPhones, iPods, iPads, Android SmartPhones, MP3s, GPS…What they are. What you want. How to use it. Troubleshooting and tips.

Photography

Making photography and cameras simple. Explaining features to help you get your best photos.

TVs, Home Audio and Home Entertainment

All about TVs, and home audio includes components like Blu-ray Disc and DVD players, and DVRs, TIVO, and anything else you hook up to your TV… Satellite, Antenna, Cable

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After Stopping Cable TV…Cutting the Cord
January 26, 2012 – 6:13 pm | One Comment
After Stopping Cable TV…Cutting the Cord

I have decided to “cut the cord,” that is, I have turned in my boxes and cable cards and I no longer have cable.  As I have been focusing on writing about streaming media from …

Cutting Out Cable, Tech Triathlon Training and Revue Contest
January 21, 2012 – 12:22 am | No Comment

Happy 2012! This year I am going lean–downsizing to control my budget and getting in shape. I am “cutting the cord” –discontinuing my cable TV service–and I am losing weight and training for another Olympic-length …

CES 2011 Trends in Network Media Players
January 17, 2011 – 9:08 pm | One Comment
CES 2011 Trends in Network Media Players

I will be Live on TwIT TV with Scott Wilkinson at 1:30 today, January 17th. We will be discussing all of the new breakthroughs in network media players, networked TVs, cable TV apps for …

Will Promises be enough to pass the Comcast NBC Universal Merger? Comcast to continue NBC’s policy of charging “the best price it can get from its customers.”
February 12, 2010 – 12:56 am | No Comment

You know the old saying “fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.”  That’s how I feel about trusting the promises from Comcast during the Congressional and Senate Hearings regarding the …

NBC’s Zucker talks about Boxee & Hulu
February 5, 2010 – 12:11 am | No Comment
NBC’s Zucker talks about Boxee & Hulu

Boxee, the video-watching computer software, and soon-to-be online video streaming device (can connect to CBS.com, comedy central, MTV and many others), was discussed during today’s NBC/Comcast congressional hearings. NBC was questioned about blocking Boxee users …

You Don’t Need A Cable Box
April 30, 2009 – 4:32 pm | No Comment
You Don’t Need A Cable Box

 
If you subscribe to cable TV, you don’t need to rent their cable box, you have choices. I’m about to move into a new house here in Bend. I’ve been living on acreage …