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February 17 2012
February 16 2012
Telemedicine and Telepsychiatry: Will e-Health Take Off?
Telemedicine and Telepsychiatry: Will e-Health Take Off?
Last week I was scheduled for a lab test to ascertain if my blood glucose readings were stabilized by diet and medication, however, I wasn’t sure if this test required a fasting protocol or a non-fasting one. Until recently, to determine which of these was required for an accurate test I would have had to call the [...]
by Ron Schenone for LockerGnome.
February 10 2012
Should Maglev Trains Replace the Airplane?
No one knows for sure, but maglev (magnetic levitation) trains could be the newest and greatest thing to happen to the transportation sector in generations. In fact, with the cost of plane travel and the time demanded to traverse our crowded freeways, it could, in the future, easily become the option chosen by the mobile [...]
February 09 2012
Cellphones or Smartphones: Are Your Kids Too Young?
My wife and I are in a position where we are helping our daughter, a single mom, care for our 12-year-old grandson. One of our responsibilities is to make sure, when he gets to our house after school, that he does his homework. During dinner last evening he mentioned that he had an after-school function [...]
February 08 2012
Free Home Design Software
If you haven’t heard, we are excited over a new group that Chris has formed, called Gnomies. Gnomies is a group of informed, electronics-minded folks who desired a venue in which to share valuable information. One of the members of the group posed an inquiry as to what software others in the group might recommend [...]
February 06 2012
Five Easy Ways to Eliminate Cable Clutter
On my desk I have five cables matched up with the miscellaneous smartphones and tablets that we own in our household; each of these cables is essential in order to charge each of these various devices. That means that, when one of these devices is being used, there is no weight to hold the charging [...]
February 03 2012
Free Phone Calls On Your iPad, iPod, iPhone, or Android Phone
Applications for making free calls using an Internet connection have gained in popularity over even just the last few years. I have been using such an application on my Android smartphone called GrooVe IP, and for the most part, it works fairly well. The only issue I have with the program is that sometimes there [...]
February 02 2012
January 30 2012
Cellphone Deal That Won’t Break the Bank
I recently wrote an article comparing paid cellphone plans to pre-paid plans, in which I mentioned an exclusive pre-paid plan from Walmart that offered a 4G phone and used the T-Mobile network. In the article, I told readers that I would be trying this new smartphone from Walmart and in turn testing the T-Mobile service. [...]
January 27 2012
The Pareto Principle: the 80/20 Rule and How It Works
Chris Pirillo, the lead Gnomie here at LockerGnome, has chosen a new direction for our organization. I call those of us who gather here at LockerGnome an organization, because we are a group of organized geeks who share a common thread. That common thread is our desire to share our experiences with technology with one [...]
January 25 2012
Paid or Pre-paid Cellphone Service: Which is Right for You?
I believe that I may have become somewhat enamored with Straight Talk (a prepaid cellphone service that uses networks from AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon), causing me to want to tout its newest entry to the Android smartphone arena: an Android phone manufactured through LG. It is purported to come equipped with dual core processing power, [...]
January 24 2012
What is the First Gadget You Would Save in a Fire?
I recall a situation in the early ’90s when a wild fire ravaged a plush L.A. neighborhood. One of the most notable memories from that event was the footage from a news reel showing luxury homes ablaze, with one in particular with its wooden roof on fire while a news helicopter circled overhead. That in [...]
January 20 2012
How Technology Will Change Your Future Dining Experience
The standard restaurant experience involves our short-term relationship with our table server. This relationship begins as soon as the host or hostess has seated us at our table and our waiter or waitress arrives to take our order. During this first meeting, there will be a basic exchange of information that will include what we [...]
January 19 2012
My Five Favorite Windows 7 Tips
Over the years, tips and tricks for all versions of Windows have taken us on a roller-coaster ride of experiences — some good and some not so good. Nonetheless, Windows 7 has now taken root and is currently on the peak of its climb having already enthralled many of the users who read articles here [...]
January 18 2012
How Not to Upgrade from 32-bit Windows 7 to 64-bit Windows 7
Until I purchased my latest computer, I had never given much thought to the difference between the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions of Windows. In fact, since I had been using the 32-bit version of Windows since Microsoft first introduced Windows 95, I had never experienced a need to upgrade to the 64-bit OS — [...]
January 17 2012
Five Reasons Windows 8 Will Disappoint Users
Microsoft and Intel are two companies that everyone loves to hate. This hatred may be sparked by jealously, because of the huge amount of wealth both companies have accumulated, or just disdain for how both companies have been lethal in their dealings with competitors. However, the reason for such animosity doesn’t really matter when one [...]
January 16 2012
Five Reasons Windows 8 Will Impress Users
Some of you who are reading this article may not realize just how far Windows has progressed from its earliest beginnings. Below are some screen shots of Windows 3.0, showing how those earliest designers conceived the earliest operating systems. It was a vast improvement over the old DOS system. This simple and plain design was [...]
January 13 2012
How to Print Wirelessly from Your Apple iPad, iPhone, or iPod
Apple has produced some of the finest hardware products that the world has ever seen, with the Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod having quickly become a source of delight for millions of users. In fact, my wife calls her Apple iPad her toy, but I am prone to believe that she loves it almost as [...]
January 12 2012
Is Dragon Naturally Speaking Right For You?
It was while first perusing the Tiger Direct website in October of 2010 that I became acquainted with the Dragon Naturally Speaking software by Nuance. It’s a voice recognition program that’s designed to help make everything from document creation to email to Facebook interaction easier. What drew my notice at the time was that the [...]
January 11 2012
White Space Wi-Fi Coming to Wilmington, NC
The Federal Communication Commission [FCC] , which is currently headed by Chairman Genachowsk, has announced that the television “white spaces” will be open for Wi-Fi transmissions. While this might prove an advantage for those seeking additional Wi-Fi signals, television stations are increasingly alarmed that interference with these so-called white spaces could interfere with their television [...]
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