Category: iPod, iPhone, iPad, i


The Magic Mouse Works Like … Well, Magic!

Filed Under: Computers/The Web, iPod, iPhone, iPad, i by Wayne Hall — Leave a comment
May 19, 2010

I’m a PC guy–my head understands the PC vastly better than it does the Mac, which has always been true. But every once in a while, I see something I like better about the Mac, and this is one of those occasions! Thanks to Gay Slagle for pointing this out to me! It functions much like my iPhone does, which is pretty smooth!

Here’s the official release about the product:

We’ve built a better mouse.

It began with iPhone. Then came iPod touch. Then MacBook Pro. Intuitive, smart, dynamic. Multi-Touch technology introduced a remarkably better way to interact with your portable devices — all using gestures. Now we’ve reached another milestone by bringing gestures to the desktop with a mouse that’s unlike anything ever before. It’s called Magic Mouse. It’s the world’s first Multi-Touch mouse. And while it comes standard with every new iMac, you can also add it to any Mac with Bluetooth wireless technology for a Multi-Touch makeover.

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The iPad: It’s Not ‘If,’ But ‘When’ We’ll Buy It

Filed Under: Computers/The Web, iPod, iPhone, iPad, i by Wayne Hall — Leave a comment
May 16, 2010

These days, when I talk with my fellow techno-geeks, the discussion centers around the recently released iPad portable computer. I’ve been intrigued to notice that our conversations follow a specific track–it isn’t IF we’ll buy it. Instead, it is WHEN we’ll each get ours.

For instance, one co-worker/friend who is retiring and moving to a warmer climate said she’s getting the iPad because she needs a new computer, and the iPad is very thin, light and portable. She also liked the thought that she would be the first person in the group to get the new “toy.” That means a lot to her, and impresses the rest of us, who prefer to wait.

I have some concerns about buying the iPad now besides the fact that I really can’t afford it. First, it doesn’t use WiFi and second, there is no camera in the machine … yet. As I did with the iPod and iPhone, I’ll wait maybe a year before I think about buying it. By then, they should have all the kinks worked out. But the iPad is on my mind so much that I posted a video about it in one of my first blog entries.

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Computers Are Taking Over The World!

Filed Under: Computers/The Web, iPod, iPhone, iPad, i, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television/Movies by Wayne Hall — 1 Comment
May 13, 2010

It wasn’t long ago that, on a late Saturday night, I downloaded a file from the Internet only to find that it contained quite a nasty virus that tried to disable my computer while asking me to give whoever put it there my credit card information so they could “take care of it.” Yeah, right. They’d take care of my credit rating instead!

The solution as I understood it was to use Windows 7 to return the machine to a previously set Restore Point. I indicated that, but I must have bungled it somehow because all I got when I tried to boot the machine up was a black screen with my cursor happily going wherever I wanted it to, mocking me with great glee since my computer wouldn’t work.

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‘Sounds’ Like A Good Idea

Filed Under: Comics, Computers/The Web, iPod, iPhone, iPad, i, SciFi Pulse, U.S.S. Chesapeake by Wayne Hall — Leave a comment
April 28, 2010

Get your headphones ready!The last couple of days, I’ve finally gotten to spend some time figuring out the digital voice recorder and stereo microphone I bought back in the summer of 2009. I was pleasantly surprised when I recorded my voice tonight–it sounds pretty good!

Why did I buy this in the first place? Well, come August, Randy and I have press passes to the Baltimore Comic-Con, which hopefully will give me the chance to interview some of my favorite comics creators, including Geoff Johns, Dan DiDio and Mark Waid. I’d love to be able to contribute some interviews for the SciFiPulse podcast I co-host each Sunday at 5 PM ET. That would be a great way to start, seems to me.

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It’s Raining Again!

Filed Under: iPod, iPhone, iPad, i, Music by Wayne Hall — Leave a comment
April 26, 2010

MusicOne of the things I enjoy doing most is making my own “mixes” of music, and I usually do that by a theme. For instance, I have ten playlists of holiday/Christmas music, nine of pop songs I like, favorites of performers I particularly enjoy, Halloween and patriotic music.

It’s Raining Again is in my “Stormy/Rainy Weather” list. And as I write this, it is raining outside.

Currently, my favorite artists include Enya, Jim Brickman, Jim Chappell, Jon Schmidt, Mannheim Steamroller, David Lanz and Bryce Miller. I have always enjoyed what is now called “New Age,” so I listen to a lot of piano and vocal songs these days. I used to enjoy pop, but I don’t see many new songs I like by artists I prefer coming out these days. So I depend on the web and Facebook to keep me up to date on my guys and gals.

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