Tweet If you caught the previous post about the Wilson Electronics dB Pro installation, you know that we were able to get service in a place with no prior service. It was a huge benefit for our family. To ratchet the signal up more, we opted to switch the antenna out from an omnidirectional antenna [...]
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Wilson Electronics dB Pro Cell Phone Amp Installation
Tweet Our family has a ranch outside of a Nordheim, Texas – population 307. Once you arrive, there is absolutely no cell phone coverage inside the house. You have to drive up to the road to send a text message. Even outside the house, people have been known to wander around to just send a [...]
Seidio Active iPad 2 Case Review
Tweet The Case I Didn’t Want to Love Growing up, my parents would make me eat all types of food. “If you don’t like it, you don’t have to keep eating it, but you must taste it” they’d tell me. I’m glad they did. I’ve learned to eat snails, sushi, calf fries (look it up), [...]
A Republic, If You Can Keep It. Go Vote.
Tweet Whether or not you believe that corporations are ruining our government and destroying our existence, you should go vote. No voting = no complaining. Do your part. “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” “A Republic, if you can keep it.” The response is Benjamin Franklin’s when asked at the close [...]
Privacy Concerns Don’t Matter
Tweet There’s so much chatter surrounding your privacy online. People are often amazed when I tell them that I not only know where they live but how much their house cost because of the local tax appraisal district website. *gasp* If I take five minutes I can likely find your email address, figure out where [...]
How to Fix A BlackBerry
Tweet Pull the battery out of the BlackBerry. Put the battery back in the BlackBerry. 60% of the time, it works every time. You’re welcome. Tweet
16 New foursquare Badges for SXSW
Tweet Being an avid @foursquare player, I was tinkering on the website when I stumbled onto the page with a foursquare party, 16 new badges, foursquare swag and temporary tattoos. Track down the right people at the Sobe Lounge, Microsoft Bing Booth, IFC Crossroads House and SXSW Web Awards. Needless to say, I can’t wait to unlock [...]
List of foursquare Badges from Wikipedia
Tweet The folks at Wikipedia found it best for the site to delete the list of foursquare badges. I found it useful in helping me aim for my next badge… and @cipriani15 asked, so I had to help! Below you can find a PDF of the page as well as a link to the cached [...]
You Come Here Often
Tweet One of my favorite applications to share with people is Wikitude. Wikitude is considered an “augmented reality” application. Basically, with Wikitude, it uses the compass, gps and camera on an Android phone or iPhone to give you details about what you’re looking at and what is surrounding you. Say you’re looking at the Alamo [...]
Five Tips to Make You a BlackBerry Power User
Tweet The new BlackBerry Tour was recently released for Verizon and Sprint and this August, RIM is launching the BlackBerry Curve 8520 on T-Mobile. If you’re lucky enough to have picked up a new device or you haven’t done these tweaks to your current BlackBerry, give them a look. They’ll certainly make you look like [...]
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