Sometimes These Are the Good Ole Days

With all the articles the last couple days on security and social media (web 2.0, or whatever!) I thought I'd pass this along.

I was thinking back to a couple nights ago and having a chat as I watched the NBA finals game 3. I was chatting with my brother-in-law Mike (who is on Afghanistan) and he was watching it as well-though it was well before breakfast for him). It was as though we were watching the game together.

'Wow, what a shot!' 'Where was the call!!!!' Instant back and forth between us.



Having Jeff over in Iraq call his father's cell at the hospital just about the same time Gillian was delivering Lliam was great, and then to get to talk to her and hear his newborn son making noises--pretty awesome. And Jeff gets to talk to Gill very frequently as well. I can recall as a kid when my father was in Vietnam, we did not hear from him too regularly except through a tape now and then and a letter (sometimes frequent and sometimes sporadic).

So, I thought to myself, 'self, tech is really cool'. These are really small examples of the social media and of course, tech has made many more advances in other areas that are leaps and bounds beyond these. All-in-all, today is a good time to be alive.

Oh, and Mike, thanks for watching the game with me.

A Usefule Site...That is My Opinion Anyway.

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Just an opinion for folks that read this (thanks mom), and have not discovered this site.

Here is my favorite website of the last year or so; LifeHacker. Mostly tech oriented; but a lot of it is a collection of things to help you on a daily basis in life. An example would be a current post on "Ditch Crunches for Push Ups and Save Your Back".

For Windows users, they did just put out a download for their Lifehacker Pack 2009 collection of useful "FREE" utilities. Make sure to read the comments because there are lot of great thoughts added by the reader.

Oh, and one for us OS Xers with Macs lying around as well as Windows & nix: Virtualize AND Dual-Boot the Same Windows on Your Mac. Here is an oldie; but still a goodie, BONUS! Free Up Hard Drive Space on Your Mac

Cheers all!