Thinking outside the box!

After-Thoughts

Google Voice's "Activate Google voicemail for this phone" isn't new

This is a little lame. I got very excited when I saw the 'new' setting in my Google Voice account to "Activate Google voicemail for this phone". I would love an integrated way to have Google Voice catch calls made to my mobile, but I wanted to know how they did it first. But Google didn't explain the process; they made it seem like this amazing new feature when its actually the same call forwarding function you already had but with one addition... it stops the Google Voice Loop. Read more

Google Voice

I have had a Grand Central number for about 2 years but I will confess that I never did much with it. I was always too afraid that the service might fail and I would loose my number. Well, with Google taking over I figured that it was now safe. I will continue to test and mark any tips or issues that I face with the service. Read more

My new Blackberry Bold from AT&T

 

What I think the Bold does better then my old Curve:

  • I can view HTML emails
  • 3G wireless and WiFi mean much faster surfing
  • Easily send SMS to multiple contacts
  • Keypad has slanted keys that are much much faster to type
  • Love the added memory and faster processor

Apple iPhone - Blackberry, Cingular and all my other toys?

Okay I bought my first iPod spring '07, so I am not a huge adopter of Apple's toys (6 months later the 8gb video iPod came out!!!). But I am really loving some of the features of Apple's new iPhone. The email looks great with inline images viewable, the browser is Safari and auto sync to your desktop browser sounds great! Read more

Looking for RCA's new Small Wonder EZ201 and EZ205?

Engadget just posted an article (Jan '07) on RCA's new Small Wonder EZ201 and the EZ205 . It looks great with mpeg-4 encoding , 1.5-inch, 180 degree swivel LCD display, runs on 2 AA batteries and an SD card slot for memory storage. Oh yeah its only about $129. That's a bar tab for a camcorder. So wow I want more info! Google... Nope... Nada. Read more

Sony DRM Sends Fair Use with Betamax

DVDs, and many other forms of digital content, use a technology called Digital Rights Management that allow producers to control when and where you watch their protected content.

If a president of over-protection is set, then what at first is just DVD movies and commercial music, could soon become any form of digital information. While it may not happen over night, locking down all content could result in a environment where commercialized content is placed ahead of innovation and open thought. Read more

University of Texas at Dallas Loses 6,000 IDs

The UT Dallas breach is not the first breach of data the University of Texas System has seen even this year. In October, the UT System appointed a chief information security officer to build and oversee a system-wide plan to protect UT's information after some recent exposures. Read more

NBC's Today misses the real YouTube story

I was just watching the Today show on NBC and they had a story about how YouTube was aiding criminals by hosting videos on how to defeat locks through lock picking. Read more

Silly Silly Surveys - Hilton Hotels plays 20 million questions

I recently stayed at a Hilton Hotel. The stay was very nice with no major complaints (larger selection of cable channels would be nice). Service and people were very professional. And then I get this email asking for a feedback from my experience: Read more

Safety and Security through inconvenience - Seattle's 911 website

An article appeared on the Seattle Post-Intellegencer regarding a website that displayed the Seattle Live 911 website feed on a Google map. The city's response? Change the text to images in an attempt to prevent the map display for security reasons.

The Seattle Fire Department's Real-Time 911 Fire Dispatch response: Read more