Monthly Archives: May 2011

In the amusing world of off-the-mark Twitter adver-followers, I’m caught by surprise: a well-targeted one

People who spend any time on twitter are familiar with the adver-followers.  You see with delight that you have a new follower, only to realize that the account now following you isn’t really a person at all.  Instead, it’s a … Continue reading

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Just whose iPad is this? How YouTube helpded my toddler steal my iPad

I remember April 2010 so clearly.  The anticipation – the excitement – the iPad! The moment the iPad was announced, I knew it was the perfect device for us.  We live in a fairly typical urban Cambridge house – small … Continue reading

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Using an iPad and AirPlay to bring Pandora to a Bose Wave Radio

Given that today was Mother’s Day, it seemed particularly important that Aviva get to sleep in when the kids woke up early (I usually handle wake-ups in the first half of the night, and she handles the second half).  Sure … Continue reading

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Solved: Printing using CTRL+P stops working in IE8 on Windows 7 after modifying security settings

Many of our customers are large, global organizations with hundreds of thousands of employees and thousands of locations.  With such a vast infrastructure, their IT organizations take great pains to keep their computers stable and secure.  While in theory only … Continue reading

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