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The Constitution protects cell phone recordings (of government officials & police)

2012-01-24T13:55:00.000-05:00

Obama administration says Constitution protects cell phone recordings (of government officials and police) This relates to videotaping of public officials, not citizens and DOES NOT relate to cellphone/telephone calls.

How do I unsubscribe from unwanted French or Japanese iTunes & Apple Product News emails ...

2012-01-05T09:27:00.000-05:00

For over a year now … I've been receiving unwanted iTunes emails that are directed to my custom domain name. I've called Apple customer service dozens of times and was assured the emails would stop. They haven't. * This represents about 1/3 of the emails / Saved for proof of reciept One of my New Year's resolutions is to try to cut down on the amount of junk or bulk email I receive in an

Doing Disney! The Ultimate Review & Tip Guide To All Things Disneyland® & California Adventure® in Anaheim, California! Part I: Tickets!

2012-01-04T12:05:00.001-05:00

I'm back from a 4 day vacation with my family in Los Angeles & Anaheim California - having done all things Disney (and visited the Hollywood/Beverly Hills/Santa Monica area). I would like to provide you with a thorough review and a few tips. First, let me start off by talking about tickets. A few months before you go … sign up for the MOUSESAVERS.COM newsletter. Whatever you do, don't buy

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol … A Good Mission Should You Choose To Accept it

2011-12-19T10:09:00.000-05:00

I went to see an advance screening of the movie Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol on Friday. It was very entertaining with constant action. If you like the older James Bond movies with cool plausible but unrealistic gadgetry, you'll love this film. To be honest, I haven't really liked the past two films, but certainly enjoyed the first film released in 1996.The IMF (short for Impossible Mission

Aptera Is Outta-Here-a

2011-12-05T10:45:00.000-05:00

Original Aptera 2e announced in late 2009 The coolest car ever in my opinion … apparently will never be. I was giddy when the Aptera was first announced, remembering my elementary school days where I would doodle futuristic car designs in the boarders of my notebook paper. In an email to supporters, President and CEO Paul Wilbur wrote … "After years of focused effort to bring our products to

Announcing www.allr.us

2011-11-28T19:11:00.000-05:00

www.allr.us is my latest creative venture. It's a site where I will share some of my journal entries over the last 27 years. When I first started my journal, I was 10 years old. I backdated quite a few entries to when I was 5. My journal now consists of over 10, 000 entries. It originally spanned 15 journaling books. Over the last three years I have been transcribing my handwriting into

About SOPA ...

2011-11-24T08:06:00.001-05:00

The Wikipedia article on this proposed legislation (although its neutrality has been disputed) points out a lot of potential problems, and calls it, among other things, a job-killer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act Read the link ... I see Wikipedia as one the most threatened websites by this legislation.I believe in stopping piracy, but it has been proven that it really

2011-11-20T09:32:00.001-05:00

How to add a facebook feed to your Google blogger blog

2011-11-14T10:31:00.000-05:00

Editor's note: I don't usually write with a lot of large fonts, italics and underlined text. But, it is extremely important that you pay attention to this tip. Some blogging tools from blogging sites like "squarespace" for instance ~ allow facebook status updates by a widget. I've been told by direct communication with facebook development what you see below. This is the reason for the emphasized

Because they change things ...

2011-10-07T09:30:00.000-04:00

* Narrated by Steve Jobs, Co-founder of Apple Computer Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them, because

So short ...

2011-10-06T00:54:00.001-04:00

As a lifelong Apple Computer user I would like to say ... Steve Jobs, with a life so short, your leadership lead so many of us to take a creative lead so easily.

Rain ...

2011-09-21T09:56:00.001-04:00

Today we got some much needed rain in my area … I found this 'rain quote' … Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast At Tiffany's "There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain." ~ Audrey Hepburn

Crapola Is The Reason The Competition Doesn't Stand A Chance

2011-09-20T10:57:00.001-04:00

What you are looking at is two pictures of the "Smartphone" Motorola Atrix laptop docking station. Actually, let me correct that … what you are looking at is a plastic model with NO ACTUAL parts from the "thing" you are going to get to dock your Motorola "smartphone" running Android. Apple stores have the iPad 2 on display where you can touch actual product. Most stores, even Walmart, have

If it makes a dollar, it's successful

2011-09-09T09:56:00.000-04:00

Carol Bartz, just ousted Yahoo CEO, a Year Ago, on Apple’s iAd: ‘That’s Going to Fall Apart for Them’ Industry chatter from the likes of John Gruber, "… it doesn’t seem like iAd is doing great — but as of today iAd is still here and Bartz is out."I see a lot of people saying iAd is unsuccessful or not doing great. I have a feeling it is revenue positive. I don't know by how much, but even if

Another Reason I Hated School ...

2011-08-11T21:32:00.000-04:00

Here's a part of a comment I left on website recently about counting 3 days when actually only 48 hours of time had passed … This is a confusing issue and I can tell you another way in which this same kind of numbering is often miscalculated. The grading scale. When I was in school the grading scale was chaged from 90-100 being an "A" to 94-100. The first, 90-100 looks like a 10 point grading

Las Vegas: A Review: Part 3 of 3

2011-07-31T23:29:00.001-04:00

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly … The Good … Here are some other highlights of my trip to Vegas … My hotel and hotel room were very nice. I was pleased with the cleanliness, the decor, and the view my hotel room had. If I wanted to be picky about a few things I could be, but overall I'd rate my room at the Luxor, which was on the 16th of 31 floors, ★★★★ of 5. Inside The Luxor Hotel / View of "

Las Vegas: A Review: Part 2 of 3

2011-07-26T12:16:00.008-04:00

The Do's, Don'ts, & Can'ts of Vegas … So, what did I do while I was in Vegas? Maybe I should start with some things that I thought I was going to be able to do, but wasn't. The Can'ts … First, I took $50, and my wife took $20; to gamble. I honestly thought this was something I'd want to do. It wasn't. I helped my wife spend $11 of her $20 and that was it. I was more interested in walking

Las Vegas: A Review: Part 1 of 3

2011-07-23T15:04:00.001-04:00

View of the Vegas Strip / Right: Treasure Island Hotel / Left: Venetian Hotel I don't know if I could rate Vegas on a scale from 1 to 10 because there's so many aspects of the total experience to rate. I thought it would be an easy travel review to write down upon my return. What I can say is that I enjoyed my time in Vegas very much. But, I learned that my favorite part of Las Vegas is my

How Apple IS protecting your privacy ...

2011-06-16T15:57:00.002-04:00

Apple's Find My iPhone sample page U.S. Senator/Former SNL Writer Al Franken With all the talk lately about Apple collecting iPhone location data and bumbling Saturday Night Live writer/actor/comedian turned U.S. Senator Al Franken trying to capitalize on Apple headlines like a Dvorak column with his new "privacy bill", no one seems to have mentioned something rather obvious … Apple provides

Movie Review: "Super 8" - An 8 out of 10

2011-06-11T09:28:00.003-04:00

Super 8 is directed and written by J.J. Abrams. Here's a brief summary … "After witnessing a mysterious train crash, a group of friends in the summer of 1979 begin noticing strange happenings going around in their small town, and begin to investigate into the creepy phenomenon." ~ IMDB Writer/Director/Producer J.J. Abrams I have to admit that I love J.J. Abrams movie style. He has brought a

A Bee-yuty-full sunset ...

2011-06-08T13:30:00.003-04:00

This is a picture my wife took with her phone from our back yard on Tuesday … click for larger view

X-Men 1st Class: A 1st Rate Movie With Only One 2nd Rate Actor

2011-06-04T08:54:00.001-04:00

I've enjoyed all of the X-Men movie adaptations … to date … X-Men Origins: Wolverine has been my favorite. X-Men: 1st class is, as the name may indicate, another "origins story". It does a great job of showing the beginnings of relationships and interactions between the mutants and humans and has quite the commentary and comparison for mutant struggle versus Jewish torture and genocide in Nazi

Is There A Wired Ethernet Adapter For The iPad?

2011-03-28T09:25:00.002-04:00

I received this question on eBay the other day from a potential buyer:Dear fixyourthinking, I recently purchased an ipad. I travel often and at some hotels that do not have wifi, an ethernet cable is available. Will this adapter work with the ipad? Can it be used when traveling internationally? Thank you.Unfortunately, the adapter I sell does NOT work with the iPads. First, there's no way to hook

They're Still Bidjerk ... I Mean Bidzirk ... To Me.

2011-03-03T15:39:00.001-05:00

* Screenshot of Bidzirk's user ID history I actually noticed this about a month ago, but it's officially official now. As many dedicated readers know ... I was involved in a nasty, lengthy legal battle with a company called Bidzirk for most of 2006 & 2007. This eBay consignment company sued me for defamation, invasion of privacy, and copyright/trademark infringement after I wrote an

The Crazy Ones

2011-01-20T09:59:00.003-05:00

After unarguably posting the best pro-atheist argument I've ever read, in December of last year, titled A Holiday Message From Ricky Gervais: Why I'm An Atheist ... comedian/actor Ricky Gervais took "that notoriety" even further a few nights ago when hosting the Golden Globes and ending the show with the words, "Thank you to God for making me an atheist." The Golden Globes promptly announced