Author Archives: g

It Shouldn’t Be This Hard

Posted on 29 November 2006 by g

I figure if K gets to write about Mr. Brick, I get to write about Mr. Gates or Mr. Jobs now and then. After all, this gives you a fair idea of what I deal with day to day. The … Continue reading →

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A Smart Home in My Laptop

Posted on 22 November 2006 by g

I was quite surprised and impressed — today I received a call on Skype while listening to some iTunes. I started to fumble for the iTunes app to pause the music, but ended up just answering the call right away. … Continue reading →

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I May Be In a Movie

Posted on 10 November 2006 by g

…or a Commercial. I was walking down the sidewalk in Belsize Park this afternoon and there was a film crew set up on the side walk. There was a camera pointed at a couple sitting on a bench facing the … Continue reading →

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Recommendations for Fax Service?

Posted on 9 November 2006 by g

As I shared this morning, not everyone is high tech and the phone can be useful when planning trips. On one of my calls this evening though, the lady that I spoke with only understood a little bit of English. … Continue reading →

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All It Takes is a Phone Call

Posted on 9 November 2006 by g

As you probably know, we are planning our Christmas trip to Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic at the moment. When planning European trips from the US, I relied heavily on the internet and e-mail, both because of the language … Continue reading →

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Woo Hoo! We Have Internet

Posted on 26 October 2006 by g

I know you all were hitting refresh on our blog all day long yesterday to see when our internet went live. We were hitting refresh on our DSL modem status page to find out the same thing. I called customer … Continue reading →

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We Need a New Camera

Posted on 22 October 2006 by g

6820 We first entered the digital photography age three and a half years ago with the purchase of a Canon PowerShot A70. It has served us well. I selected this camera because it was a good balance between a small … Continue reading →

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