I am so late to discover many, many neat little tools. Recently I came across Google Reader. Or rather I started using it. I had known about it, but it weirds me out a little to use Google for so many things. Yes, I realize that Blogger is a Google Platform! Anyway, I made the plunge.
Do you use it? The idea is that you make a list of blogs on Reader. Then Google keeps track of them and automatically updates when one of them posts something new. Love that! I am always finding neat blogs that I visit once or twice, and then I forget about them. Now I don't forget.
I'm sure there are other readers out there, but right now Google suits me. Here are some of my favorite I follow on Google Reader:
One of the best parts of this is that some of these are less frequent posters, like me. Now whenever one of them posts I can find out, and don't need to remember to visit the URL. And if you have a good mix on your Reader, then you always have something interesting to read.
You could even--shameless plug here--add my blog to your Reader! Just add my URL, theviewfrom302.blogspot.com, to your subscriptions. And then once in a while you can read something, interesting or not, from me.
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Friday, November 4, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
A cautionary tale
I'm telling about what happened as a public service. Maybe you will avoid what happened to us.
My son broke our brand new television this weekend. The 60" Samsung that hung on the wall in our newly-finished basement is no more. It was a careless accident; he lost his grip on the Wii controller and threw it smack into the television. Gone. Just like that.
I'm sharing this because I had no idea it was that easy to kill a television. What can you do to avoid this? Maybe nothing, but there are some things to try to lessen your chances.
First, think about the proximity of the seating to the television. It happens that the sofa is kind of close to the television here. (I know, then why is it 60"? It worked in the room, trust me.) So the possibility of something hitting the screen just goes up. Actually, the seats are fine, but I have (just) discovered that the boys like to stand in front of the sofa to play their games. Maybe we should have taken the sofa out and just had those low "gamer" chairs that my husband hates. The idea here, though, is to be aware of how close those controllers get to the television!
Second, MAKE the kids wear those wrist straps. I have to say, I thought they were using them. I always use them! They are there because the stupid controller can fly from your hand and hit something or someone. USE them.
Next, think about a plasma versus LED. We have a plasma TV in another area, and upon further inspection I think it wouldn't have broken quite so easily. Of course, I could be wrong. But think about it.
Finally, consider the warranty when you buy that television. We weren't "suckers," so of course we didn't purchase any warranty when we bought the TV. Now, I haven't checked the details to see if a warranty would have covered something like this accident, but I'm assuming it would have. I'm going to consider it the next time we buy something like this.
Yes, not much technical information here. I wanted to let you know this is possible! It had never even occurred to me. And then, one day, THUD, and there went our awesome television that we watched while my sweet husband and I played pool in the evening.
My son broke our brand new television this weekend. The 60" Samsung that hung on the wall in our newly-finished basement is no more. It was a careless accident; he lost his grip on the Wii controller and threw it smack into the television. Gone. Just like that.
I'm sharing this because I had no idea it was that easy to kill a television. What can you do to avoid this? Maybe nothing, but there are some things to try to lessen your chances.
First, think about the proximity of the seating to the television. It happens that the sofa is kind of close to the television here. (I know, then why is it 60"? It worked in the room, trust me.) So the possibility of something hitting the screen just goes up. Actually, the seats are fine, but I have (just) discovered that the boys like to stand in front of the sofa to play their games. Maybe we should have taken the sofa out and just had those low "gamer" chairs that my husband hates. The idea here, though, is to be aware of how close those controllers get to the television!
Second, MAKE the kids wear those wrist straps. I have to say, I thought they were using them. I always use them! They are there because the stupid controller can fly from your hand and hit something or someone. USE them.
Next, think about a plasma versus LED. We have a plasma TV in another area, and upon further inspection I think it wouldn't have broken quite so easily. Of course, I could be wrong. But think about it.
Finally, consider the warranty when you buy that television. We weren't "suckers," so of course we didn't purchase any warranty when we bought the TV. Now, I haven't checked the details to see if a warranty would have covered something like this accident, but I'm assuming it would have. I'm going to consider it the next time we buy something like this.
Yes, not much technical information here. I wanted to let you know this is possible! It had never even occurred to me. And then, one day, THUD, and there went our awesome television that we watched while my sweet husband and I played pool in the evening.
Monday, November 24, 2008
I'd have to get really thirsty...
to be drinking this. Ick. I know that technically it should be okay, but doesn't it just kind of curl your toes?
Maybe instead I could drink this.
Back to the shuttle for a sec...THREE Yellow Jackets on board, very cool. In fact, Sandy Magnus went to grad school with DH. My six degrees have just extended to everyone at NASA. Cool.
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