May 30, 2012 I love writing about technology, so I've decided to use my tech writing powers for good and shine some light on the more common tech myths. These are myths that you've all probably heard, and in a lot of cases took to as fact. So here at Terry's Tech Support I'll try to take the myth out of Tech Myths.
May 25, 2012 There is nothing that makes me crazier than getting a text message from an adult that looks like HTML code exploded on it: "OMG R U GNG 2 movies W US 2NITE?"And that was from a 34 year old. The text messages from teenagers are almost incomprehensible.
Before smartphones you only had 140 characters to get your message across and that led to a whole language of abbreviations like "OMG," "BRB," "LOL,"LTR," "BFF," and about ten thousand more. There are times I felt like a code cracker just trying to figure out what my friends where trying to tell me.
May 25, 2012 On the heels of Terry asking whether or not a teen should be allowed to own a smartphone, we got to talking about it on The Morning Show.
Then, a teacher called -- and I have to admit, I was a little mo
May 21, 2012 My family gathered at my mom's house in Buhl yesterday for a solar eclipse barbeque and I managed to snap some cool, but completely accidental photos of the eclipse.
We were set up with our eclipse pinhole viewer, and it was projecting a fantastic image, but my sister and I wondered what would happen if we tried to click a few pictures with our smartphones? The results were... interesting.
May 21, 2012 I love writing about technology, but the analytics show that my readers just don't care when I proselytizing for the latest Apple gadget or the new must-have gizmo, so I've decided to use my tech writing powers for good and shine some light on the more common tech myths. These are myths that you've all probably heard, and in a lot of cases took to as fact.
May 18, 2012 Do you ever check your email and it seems like the first 25 emails are about cake in the break room at work, when you are waiting for an important response from your boss. Half the time you end up getting so frustrated that you delete the important email because it was surrounded by the unimportant emails.
May 17, 2012 Here's the scenario: my kids always have squirt guns and I invariably end up getting wet in some kind of raid organized by the 3 year old. Not any more. I have the Nerf Super Soaker Thunderstorm, a fully automatic squirt blaster.
May 15, 2012 I was reading a story on Lifehacker today about how to amplify your smartphone by using a drinking glass. The author wrote that this is a great trick for those using their smartphones as alarms.
That made me wonder: Do people still use dedicated alarm clocks, or is this something else that's gone extinct because of smartphones?
May 9, 2012
We've heard of NOMOPHOBIA before . . . that's the feeling of anxiety you get when you're away from your cell phone. But we didn't realize it had reached THIS point.
According to a new study by a company called SecurEnvoy from Daily Mail, losing your cell phone is now the most common fear in the world.
May 5, 2012 We've heard a lot about Facebook's security and privacy policies lately, but we never think it impacts us until the unthinkable happens. Friday night my Facebook account was hacked. Someone broke into my account and started sending messages to random people in my friends list.
April 20, 2012 I've heard it said that everyone has a doppelganger roaming around the planet, and there have been strange stories of people coming face-to-face with their twin. While it isn't impossible for there to be an exact twin of you somewhere else on Earth, it is improbable. But what if you did? And what if your twin was a celebrity? And rich?
Today is National Look-A-Like Day! The day where we celebrate... well, I don't really know, but I guess it's about looking like someone, or them looking like you.
April 20, 2012 