More Windows 7: I’ve Upgraded
by Eric Stewart on Oct.25, 2009, under Computers, Technology
I’ve had Windows 7 64 bit on my home machine for about a week now. While I don’t use my home workstation as much as say, my work laptop while sitting in front of the TV, the home workstation is where I’m more likely to see issues with hardware compatibility and software issues. Here’s what I ran into and the resolutions (if any) that I’ve settled on.
Purchased Apps: Twee, Weatherman, Word Whirl
by Eric Stewart on Oct.24, 2009, under Cell Phones & Providers, Technology
I’ve found reasons to purchase three applications from the Palm App Catalog: Twee, Word Whirl, and Weatherman. Here’s reviews of all three apps.
Belief And Telling Truth To Power
by Eric Stewart on Oct.22, 2009, under Life, Politics
This is something new for me; possibly kind of like my other “Political” post, but this isn’t just about politics. This is about a boy and his hero (neither of which are me), and line drawing. It’s about someone I follow on Twitter, and a video they posted of them relating a recent experience …
Disk Imaging and Changing Your System Drive Letter
by Eric Stewart on Oct.17, 2009, under Computers, Technology
It’s Geek Story Time! In preparation for upgrading my personal machine to Windows 7, decided to move my existing Windows XP partition to another hard drive, and validate its operation by doing “dual boot” with two different XP installations. This wasn’t as easy as it sounds …
Windows 7: Some Impressions
by Eric Stewart on Oct.10, 2009, under Computers, Technology
I finally got around to getting a hold of and installing Windows 7. I haven’t used it much, but I’ve used it enough to give some initial impressions of it …
Palm Pre: It’s been a busy week
by Eric Stewart on Oct.03, 2009, under Cell Phones & Providers, Technology
A review of what’s been going on in the world of the Palm Pre this past week or so. This includes TWO updates to the webOS and a new method for installing “tweaks”.
Taqueria Monterrey (#2) – Goodly Simple
by Eric Stewart on Sep.26, 2009, under Food, Life
One of the places the lunch crew has been known to visit. I tend to favor any place that has multiple hot sauces available. The food is good, though, and doesn’t always need a sauce …
Tokyo Sushi (Tampa)
by Eric Stewart on Sep.21, 2009, under Food, Life
Tampa has a couple of good sushi restaurants. Tucked near the corner of 56th and Fowler is my current favorite, Tokyo Sushi. Here’s a review.
Palm Pre: After A Month
by Eric Stewart on Sep.09, 2009, under Cell Phones & Providers, Technology
So a friend sent me an email asking me what I thought about it now that I’ve had it for a while. I sent him a response, and then decided to write this blog post …
Roller Coasters: Reviews
by Eric Stewart on Sep.06, 2009, under Life
I was at Busch Gardens Africa today and was thinking that I hadn’t posted anything to my blog in a while, and figured that I’d go ahead and write a post about roller coasters. I ride roller coasters when I can. Here’s a run down of the ones I’ve ridden and what I think of them.