If you’re an Apple fan, by now you’re either standing in line waiting to buy the iPhone 5, or if you’re like me, you’re ‘sitting this one out’ and enjoying the new operating system (iOS6) on your iPhone 4S or older models. The new iOS is loaded with 200+ features that will beef up your iPhone. There’s something for everyone, no matter what your interests...
If you’re a Twitter user, you’ve probably heard of a recent update that allows you to update your ‘header’ graphic on your account page. Have not fear, it’s pretty easy. It’s also nice to personalize your page just a bit. I just updated my Twitter profile very quickly to help mesh with my Facebook page and eventually, my website. Here is the quick and dirty on...
If you haven’t seen this video below – you must. It’s creepy but ridiculously futuristic. Not only is this a great idea (in my opinion), it’s a step in the direction that many people figured we’d get to eventually: cyborgs and other robots waging our battles and performing jobs that humans currently occupy. These ‘robotic pack mules’ are beasts. They...
It doesn’t take long for people to start asking ‘where were you when the planes hit’ on any anniversary of 9/11. Today is no different. Unlike prior anniversaries, I’m not hearing the question asked person-to-person, per se, but more tweet-to-tweet. In a series of hash tags, trending topics and concise phrases, Twitter users do their best to say where they were, what they...
If you are a Joker Media customer, you may have some concern about a recent hack of GoDaddy servers. If you haven’t heard the news, here is a summary: (CBS News) GoDaddy, the domain registrar and Web hosting company, is down, perhaps taking millions of websites down as a result. Status Alert: Hey, all. We’re aware of the trouble people are having with our site. We’re working on...
I have never been through a hurricane. That’s good and bad, I guess. Good because they can be deadly, damaging and overall, unpleasant, so avoiding them would be the best option. But Mother Nature doesn’t really give you a choice. We were lucky in Downtown Miami to only have to deal with Tropical Storm Isaac and its swath of rain it dumped along the coasts of South Florida and inland...
I feel like I’ve been transported 20 years back in time. August in Minnesota was always hot and humid. You could sense fall was right around the corner as pro baseball entered it’s final stretch and promos for football flooded the airwaves. It was a time to gets some new ‘duds’ while hitting the back-to-school sales at the malls. It was a time to get rid of the scraggly...
Refreshed, we pulled into France quite early in the morning. Our first stop was Cannes and Nice. We wanted to get off the boat now that we were fully recharged so we took a bus through Cannes and up to Nice. What a drive. If I had a million dollars, I would probably blow it all in Cannes. The stores were amazing, the views were great. And of course, we saw the main drag where the Cannes Film...
We made every effort to get to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. We also wanted to tour a Tuscan vineyard and learn how wine was made. It didn’t happen. Wishful thinking, I assume. The lack of sleep over the last few days had caught up with us and it was time to pay the Sandman. I managed to pass out at 6:30A.M. We were hoping to get on a tour bus about 2:30PM for Tuscany. Alarms were set...
Rome was wild. Literally. If you don’t watch out, you’ll get hit by a car, pick-pocketed, or whisked away into a religious cult that meets for coffee in an underground vault. That’s a bit aggressive, but there’s no shortage of action in Rome. And education? Forget it. It surrounds you. We snapped awake at 3:00AM and couldn’t sleep. So we were going on a pretty big...
