Recent articles in tech (page 7 of 10)
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Feb 4, 2007
Navigation, Geocaching and More with a TomTom GO 710
If you’ve been watching my Flickr photos lately, you’ll have noticed that Jess and I are getting into geocaching, the world-wide treasure hunt where participants follow GPS coordinates to the locations of hidden caches of goodies.
The one essential tool for geocaching is a GPS receiver (GPSr), which gave me the perfect excuse to add this long-coveted piece of technology to my car. But finding a unit that would make a good on-road navigator (with good maps, nice screen, useful routing features, and an extensive Points of Interest (POI) database) as well as a good tool for geocaching (offering accurate coordinates and useful off-road navigation features) would prove to be a challenge.
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Jan 31, 2007
Connect to a Network Printer on a Windows XP Server in Windows Vista
For better or worse, Windows Vista is out today and I'll shortly be moving to it as the primary operating system on both my work and home PCs. Aside from compatibility glitches in certain Adobe applications, everything I need to work on Vista does (if a little shakily, in the case of Firefox). The one issue that almost prevented me from making the move was my need to connect to the shared printer at the office.
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Dec 20, 2006
Fundamental Audio
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Oct 9, 2006
Fundamental Spain
Sitting in my hotel room in Oviedo soaking up my last few hours of expensive hotel wireless, I can't help but feel like I haven't taken full advantage of my time here in Spain. Before I return for another visit, I definitely need to learn a smattering of Spanish—enough to order food at restaurants other than McDonalds, and to book a trip on the train that meanders through the surrounding mountains, at least! I did get to take lots of photos of Oviedo proper, however.
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Sep 29, 2006
Many Directions