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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Blackberry Storm tricks & tips – Software update pushed tonight
A major OS upgrade was pushed to Verizon’s Blackberry Storm tonight. The phone can be upgraded over the network. The push alert came via the integrated data stream. I used the Blackberry Desktop Manager instead, which syncs the phone via … Continue reading
GM, the ‘people’s car’ company, shifts production from China
In a strange evolution of the not so free market gone amok. General Motors has gone from a personal goal last year to become the biggest car company in an unsustainable U.S. market to a post bankruptcy, taxpayer owned car … Continue reading
Blackberry Storm tricks & tips – The ‘magic’ holster
Few things are more annoying about large, flat, touch screen phones as carrying it and activating it unintentionally or manually locking and unlocking all the time to keep it from randomly communicating with the world from your pocket. The leather … Continue reading
Blackberry Storm tricks & tips – Pioneering instant stills and video
I arrive at the scene of a car into a house, two minutes later there is a picture waiting across town for the web editor. Before noon yesterday, all of my pictures were published from my camera phone. Two news … Continue reading
Blackberry Storm tricks & tips: Single mailbox/data stream push integration
Blackberry mailbox integration allows you to combine all of your pushed email, facebook, and chat (AIM, Yahoo conversation initiations), and call logs, etc. into one data stream. The advantage of this is that you don’t have to have 12 different … Continue reading
Finding peace in the evolution of chaos
I met four people this weekend that define peace. William Jenkins, a WWII draftee, found himself in a German POW camp for his 19th birthday. He came home to Hanover and married a German woman. Dalea Lynn’s house was gutted … Continue reading
VIDEO Vietnam vets make unlikely, but lifelong, friends
Friends since the Vietnam War, Bill Hoff and James Abram walk in the Jefferson Community Memorial Day parade. Back in 1965, when Abram got to An Khe in South Vietnam, he was scared. They had little in common, the black … Continue reading
Mobile phone and desktop sales decline – smartphones grow 12.7%
Small, efficient, and the ability to condense data packages and hardware saving consumers time, energy, and money. Worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 269.1 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 9.4 per cent decrease from the first quarter … Continue reading
Google’s PowerMeter plugs in
The webpage with the cool statistics ( Google power meter – Greenmesh 2/09) is plugging into eight utilities and their customers by providing gadgets and info to track home electricity use. Check out the cool graphing. The Google PowerMeter includes … Continue reading
Blackberry Storm tricks & tips – Taming the multitask monster
So you are at the gym streaming internet radio via Pandora on your Blackberry Storm and you hear an alert for an email. Without stopping the music, you answer the email, then swap to your Twitter application, then send a … Continue reading
A 90% chance of Armageddon announcement today
…well, maybe there is a 10% +/- chance that certain death won’t occur. Even though an 80% chance of contracting cancer and dying from a drug would flip the panic switch at the FDA, a 90% chance of global warming … Continue reading
Posted in All posts from the start, MPG, Oil Machine/politics
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Blackberry Storm tricks & tips
About a month ago, I decided to move over to a smart phone from a good 3.2 megapixel still/ video phone, a Samsung ACH-990. I wanted to forward between a work/home phone without cost, so my decision was slanted toward … Continue reading
Good news for people with frozen paychecks
The inflation/wage increase game has paused May 15 (Bloomberg) — The cost of living in the U.S. was unchanged in April as decreases in food and energy costs offset increases in medical care, autos and a second straight jump in … Continue reading
Storage is as important as generation
One of the first principles of physics that I learned in high school is that matter cannot be created not destroyed, only changed from one form to another. A burning stick is in essence a battery – energy from the … Continue reading
Posted in All posts from the start, Electric, Tax incentives
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VIDEO Dorothy appears during district attorney debate
Caught during a ydr live stream, Dorothy appears before a district attorney candidate debate. I normally edit really tight… but hell, dreaming takes some time when performing in front of two hardened justice workers. And I was dreaming of a … Continue reading
VIDEO Croquet reborn
Croquet is part pool, part chess and part golf. The TV show “The Office” has a cult-like following. So does croquet, a local expert said. Imagine the two combined. That’s the concept Steve Fluder, owner of Manchester Township-based Croquet Your … Continue reading
VIDEO Live district attorney debate
For voters who have been closely following the contested Republican primary race for York County district attorney, Wednesday’s debate between the candidates offered little new. The Republican opponents, longtime incumbent Stan Rebert and challenger Tom Kearney, took the opportunity to … Continue reading
Protectionist or free-market thinker
General Motors plans to sell cars in the United States that it makes in China, starting in 2011. That could make GM the first major automaker to import Chinese cars to the U.S. market. The car maker expects to sell … Continue reading
VIDEO Believers / nonbelievers
The PA Nonbelivers and Heritage Baptist Church stand between the crowds at the Olde York Street Fair. The Rev, Jim Grove, of the Heritage Baptist Church and Steven Neubauer, president of the PA Nonbelievers give their views.
VIDEO Miniature mariachi
He might not wear the traditional charro suit or have live guitar and trumpet players providing backup music, but when Augustin Mariche opens his mouth, the pint-sized singer can belt out mariachi tunes with the best of them.
Nissan’s all electric – range 100 miles
Nissan is set to debut an all electric car in Japan in 2010. The car’s drive system is reviewed by usatoday.com/money/autos A 100 mile range for an electric car would satisfy the daily drive of most commuters. The car can … Continue reading
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Ford engineer reveals hybrid tricks
Jim Buvalic is a hybrid transmission systems engineer at Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn, Mich., who worked on the development of the Fusion Hybrid. He gives a Q&A about what where they gained efficiency designing the Ford Fusion Hybrid. auto.theglobeandmail.com … Continue reading
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No mow grass
Now that the rain has ended and the forecast is for mostly sun next week, small motors will fire up everywhere spewing pollution and burning gas. Americans spend more than three billion hours per year using lawn and garden equipment. … Continue reading
Posted in All posts from the start, Environment
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Two car companies in brief
It’s a telling story of two car companies from a business summary today. One car company is planning to print paper, the other build cars. Shares of General Motors (GM: 1.83, 0, 0%) were down 25% in pre-market trading after … Continue reading
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VIDEO A new face of worship
Emmanuel United Methodist Church holds their first service in their new building after the 108-year-old congregation moved from Windsor to Windsor Township.
VIDEO Miracle
Dan Kidd regained his speech during worship after a stroke left him speechless for five years.
VIDEO Expert answers swine flu questions
Barbara Kovacs, York City Bureau of Health director, answers questions about the swine flu.
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