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Oklahoma Tornado Disaster Relief 2

May

2013

As I’m sure many of you are aware, on Sunday May 19th and Monday May 20th, the Oklahoma City area has been hit heavily with tornadoes, with today (the 20th) being the worst. Early estimates are that at least an EF4 tornado two miles wide has torn through Moore Oklahoma this afternoon leaving a nearly ...

How to save money with an iPhone

May

2013

Despite the previous post trying to dispel the sheer hype of the iPhone, I still not only have people wanting to use these things, but they can’t seem to work out how to make the carrier changes necessary to save money with them using the superguide. As such, let’s help out with this situation by ...

VoIP and the return of the home phone

Apr

2013

In the past, we’ve talked a lot about how to get your cell phone bill down really cheap through the usage of MVNOs and VoIP services at home for the bulk of your calls, but I’ve never addressed the topic of VoIP phone services themselves. Let’s change that!

Revisit: When Your Stuff Isn’t Your Stuff

Mar

2013

Back in October of 2012, I posted an article that’s gotten a surprising amount of traffic over the past few months entitled When Your Stuff Isn’t Your Stuff, and in it I discussed the threat to First Sale Doctrine that the Wiley v. Kirtsaeng case was presenting for us all. Well, it’s been four and ...

Ask Daley: cable modems and routers 8

Mar

2013

Welcome to the second installment of Ask Daley! Today’s question comes from Joshua: I need a modem and a wireless router for a new installation at my home. The MMM forums where you make your recommendation for this device is currently down, so I found your personal site. For a new installation, would it be ...

Security and the Social Web 4

Feb

2013

Let’s be completely frank here, security and privacy to those in the know in regards to online behavior simply doesn’t exist. That said, it doesn’t mean that we as bloggers, web developers and the like need to aide in the dance more-so than absolutely necessary, and yesterday’s flub-up with Facebook was an all-too-painful reminder as ...

Are iPhones worth it? 2

Jan

2013

Off and on and from time to time, I’ll come across someone who is looking for a new cell phone asking if it’s worth the money buying an iPhone. Well, is it? Good question.