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iPhone: Upgrade to Firmware 1.1.3 Observations

Posted by Michael in Wednesday, January 16th 2008   
Topics: Apple, Cellular, Gadgets, General, Hardware, Software, iPhone    Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
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Last night I took the plunge and decided that I wanted to have the latest and greatest firmware from Apple. The Google Maps location feature, the Web Clips on the springboard and the ability to re-arrange icons really grabbed me. But this post is not about that. Since I was coming from a Jailbroken 1.1.2 [...]

Fixing a Honda Odyssey Automatic Sliding Door

Posted by Michael in Wednesday, January 17th 2007   
Topics: Family, General    Tags: , , , , , ,
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I’m going a bit away from my usual tech talk on this one but still, it points to how truly information packed, the Internet is. We had a deep freeze last night, rain and then below freezing temperatures. Most of the Country is experiencing that now…but here in California, it is a bit rare to [...]

Apple Front Row, Griffin AirclickUSB and Griffin Proxi - Triple Play

Posted by Michael in Wednesday, January 10th 2007   
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Back in mid-November, 2006, I wrote up how to get Apple’s Front Row to work on older macs using a program and instructions outlined on AndrewEscobar.com. The only disadvantage to the “hack” was that it didn’t magically have a remote control materialize out of the air after installation. The way that I left it on [...]

Word games for kids when waiting or traveling

Posted by Michael in Wednesday, December 20th 2006   
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One of the blogs that I frequent has a nice repost of another blog. Being a father of 3 lovely girls, we do lots of traveling by car. While the DVD player that we have is great (I don’t know how I survived as a kid…kids these days are soooo lucky), there is something to [...]

Nice online tools and tips for Air Travelers

Posted by Michael in Wednesday, December 13th 2006   
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I figured that I would post some helpful sites and tips that I have found over time that can benefit the travelers out there. I guess that this is especially appropriate during the holiday season as well, but these are good general items. I’m sure that everyone is using Priceline.com or Orbitz.com or Travelocity.com or [...]

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