tomfarley

A company called Vu1 (pronounced “view one”), has developed a new light bulb that they hope will be the standard in the very near future. The new bulbs are called “Electron Stimulated Luminescence” Lighting or ESL™. The new bulbs will supposedly ship beginning in mid 2009. Vu1 says that their new technology bulb is based [...]

I recently had to replace our home computer and found a great deal on a Dell XPS at Bestbuy. Okay, none of that matters, what does matter is that it came with Vista Home Premium. I’ve been trying various methods over the last few years to keep my kids safe while surfing. I had K9 [...]

I don’t normally post these kinds of links, but this one seems important enough to me. It is a link to a website that is indeed political. For that reason alone, I know a lot of people will think I’m pushing one party over another. That’s not my intention at all. The link to the [...]

How about doing something this holiday season to lift a fellow Earthlings spirits? NASA is offering the opportunity to send a personal message to the ISS. How cool is that? When you really think about it, this is a very cool thing to be able to do. Just go to the NASA home page at [...]

I wanted to share these links from my Wserver newsletter subscription. The discussion is the beta testing of the newly released service packs for Vista and XP. I thought this might prove to be useful information. The opinions offered have reinforced my belief that I’ll stick with XP for a while longer.
Windows XP SP3 Boasts [...]

I felt compelled to split this article into two parts. It was getting too long for a single read and I didn’t want to bore anyone. So without further ado, I give you part two. Heh, a rhyme.
I want to mention what I think is the coolest of new technologies. Wireless electricity! [...]

The following is a shameless self promotion. My wife and I have been introduced to a health drink called Xango. We’ve become distributors. At first just so that we could re-order the product whenever we wanted. Later, we decided that we were hooked. It’s not a get rich quick thing for us. Some people are [...]

As an apprentice architect (I have to call myself that legally) and technology geek, it’s no surprise that I really like new cool “smart” technologies. Here are a few new things that have caught my attention recently.
Smart floors will probably become a reality. There are some MIT researchers working on the theory. The friction between [...]

I’d like to chronicle my experience with HP over the last four weeks. Any feedback would be appreciated. I’ve been having a hard time with HP regarding a laptop sent in for service.
Four weeks ago I send a co-worker’s laptop in for service. The power plug had come loose and needed to be re-soldered to [...]

I’ve had a lot of problems with importing and exporting contacts. I’d like to pick the collective brains of my fellow gnomies on this issue. Specifically, I have problems with importing to Google, my Palm Lifedrive and Thunderbird contacts. I use Thunderbird for work mail and Google for my personal mail. I’ve been trying to [...]