Following yesterday’s mysterious blog post disappearance, the gremlin attacks continue on this ridiculously hot morning. This morning it was the Case of the Mysteriously Disappearing Skype Chats. After a panicked 20 minutes or so, I did find them and backed the most relevant one up for ease of future access. But, I really didn’t need …
Category Archives: Technology
It Will Never be the Same
I just wrote an entire blog post. It was done and I was all ready to hit publish. But then I got a 404 error message and it disappeared! It disappeared despite the fact that WordPress auto-saves post. It disappeared despite the fact that I had saved the post. It is just gone. It was …
Brave New World
Yesterday I delivered two Android tablets that I had configured for a client’s children. She was giving them as a reward for getting good grades this year. That, and it meant that she would no longer have to listen to them fight over who got to play games on her phone. The kids are used …
Briiiing Bling
Today I am trying to get through some of my busy work. One of the incomplete items on my to-do list is replacing my phone. You would think that as a Tech Whisperer, I would have no trouble deciding what phone to get. But knowing the pros and cons of most of the Android phones …
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want, This Time
As if the gremlins massacring my technology weren’t enough, I have been fighting with one particular plugin to auto-post my blog to Facebook and Twitter. Really, this should not be so complicated. I had a great plugin that worked for a couple of years. But, the developer didn’t update it for the latest version of …
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The Tech Whisperer Unplugged
I have been reading a lot about how networks are trying to capture people, like myself, who have “unplugged” themselves from traditional sources of television. I can easily remember the last time I watched broadcast TV. It was Thanksgiving 2012, right after I bought a digital antenna last November so we could watch Macy’s Thanksgiving …
A Requiem for Google Reader
In about 3 weeks Google is pulling the plug on Google Reader. For those of you who don’t what Google reader is, you’ve been missing out. What Reader does is take content that I have subscribed to by RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and collects it all in one place. No more bouncing from site to …
Don't Feed Them After Midnight
I seem to have acquired a gang of gremlins sometime in the last 48 hours or so. The calendar app on my Android phone stopped working. A bunch of apps keep freezing and the touch screen has gotten wonky on my Android tablet. Apple doesn’t do much better. My Ipod has been having its share …
Using Last Century's Technology
This may sound strange coming from a TechWhisperer, but I am not an early adopter. When it comes to technology (including cars and appliances) I like to wait until the bugs have been worked out before I make my investment. That being said, I love to read about bleeding edge technologies. I find it fascinating to watch …
Not Heeding my Own Advice
This is a tale of what happens when you fail to heed your own advice. It is so easy to get overwhelmed with email. I have now learned that it is too easy to get complacent when there is no email. I should have known better. I can’t recall the last time I had a …