Tim's Blog

August 29th, 2007

PC Magazine has a good list complied of little known but very useful web sites.

I like these kinds of lists when they have useful information, and this one does. These are some neat sites and well worth the look.

Find it here

August 23rd, 2007

Here is a weird one: fiber optic cables that carry Internet traffic were taken down – on purpose – by someone shooting a gun (or guns) at them. This happened by Cleveland.

I have to say, that’s a new one! It will be interesting to see how this plays out, if it is some kind of strange trend, or what this is all about.

Network World has the story here

August 10th, 2007

PC Magazine has a nice rundown of some of their favorite digital cameras, from ultra-compact to the big digital SLRs.

See the story here

For more digital camera reviews, a favorite site of mine is “Steve’s Digicams”. Find that site here.

Another wonderful digital camera review site: Digital Photography Review. Find their site here.

August 10th, 2007

PC World has a survey regarding iPhone users and their satisfaction level.

The upshot? Great device, easy and fun to use, but a pretty lousy phone. No one seems to like the soon-to-come-to-Traverse City AT&T cell service.

Read the PC World story here