It looks like Google is going to end support for the Gmail mobile app on the Blackberry platform: Beginning November 22, 2011, we will end support for the Gmail App for Blackberry(installed native app). Over this past year, we’ve focused efforts on building a great Gmail experience in the mobile browser and will continue investing in [...]
Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
25 Sep
My Hard Drive Is Bigger Than Yours
Over the last (almost) decade of working at the same company I have been amazed by the ever growing need for storage solutions. We have moved over time from a mixed Windows 95/98/ME environment to a homogeneous Windows 7 installation base. Where we were long ago running Office 97 we are now running Office 2010. [...]
3 Jul
E-Readers Are Your Friend
Amazon.com recently released statistics that shows the explosive growth of e-book sales in the first half of this year. Considering the amount of sales that a company like Amazon makes this is simply staggering. A few interesting statistics: Recent milestones for Kindle include: Since April 1, for every 100 print books Amazon.com has sold, it [...]
27 Jun
What’s Your PIN?
I found an interesting article today studying the frequency of PIN usage on the iPhone. If you have an easily guessable PIN number then you really are doing yourself a disservice. I’d bet that people who use these common PIN numbers on their iPhones use them everywhere else as well. If you find yourself in [...]
19 May
The Move Is Finally Finished
Approximately eleven months ago we shut down operations in the old building at work and moved to a new facility. The biggest part of the move (for the IT Office) was relocating all of our servers. We had to schedule a significant maintenance window, shut down all of the servers, unbolt them from the old [...]
18 May
Am I Really Worse Than A Software Pirate?
I found out today that I am worse than a software pirate: “For us it’s probably a no-lose even with piracy as it is,” shrugged West. “But, as I say, second-hand sales cost us more in the long-run than piracy these days.” Most of today’s key video game outlets – Game, HMV, Amazon – and [...]
17 Apr
United Methodist Leadership Summit
Last week the United Methodist Church met globally for a Leadership Summit. With membership declining steadily over the last several years the denominational leadership hosted a global brainstorming session. Video from the main session was broadcast globally as United Methodists gathered around the world to discuss the issues facing the church today. The event was [...]
25 Mar
POSSCON
A few months ago an e-mail hit the TriLUG mailing list advertising an open source conference in Columbia, SC. The Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON), now in it’s fourth year, brings together a who’s who of the open source movement. This conference brings together these leaders to discuss the latest technology trends with local [...]
21 Jan
GSAK Works In Linux!
Shortly after I started Geocaching I discovered Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK). GSAK is an excellent database application that is geared towards tracking all of your caching activities. I rely on this one program to load thousands of caches into my GPSr, keep track of what I have found (as well hidden) and all of [...]
20 Jan
Porting Your Phone Number To Google Voice
It looks like you can now port your favorite phone number to the Google Voice service. This is a welcome addition to all of the great functionality that this service offers. I’ve been using Google Voice since it was introduced so I don’t really have another number to give out. Google is testing out this service right [...]
