I am planning a trip to MacWorld Expo at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.  In the past, I’ve always driven into the city, paid the bridge toll, then paid for parking there.  This year, I’m planning on taking the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) from the Dublin/Pleansanton station to the Powell Street station in San Francisco. Some of my concerns when taking mass transit are the schedules, station locations and travel times between stations.  This is where iBART comes into play.  iBART is an iPhone application.  Its purpose is to be helpful to anyone who...

I recently purchased an iPhone 3GS with 16GB of memory.  This is my first iPhone and my first experience using Apple’s multi-touch interface.  I have never used an iPod touch either.  I purchased the iPhone  for the purpose of learning Objective-C, Cocoa and doing iPhone Application development.  Up until this point my experience with Smart phones has been limited to using and programming Palm OS & Windows Mobile Smart phones.  This post covers my personal experience with the iPhone. User Interface: I am very impressed with the user interface.  It is very easy &...

Most of us take for granted how important USB flash drives have become in our lives.  We use flash drives for storage and transportation of everything digital in our lives.  We store all kinds of documents on them; presentations, resumes, spreadsheets, eBooks, pictures, music, etc. Recently, public computers have been infected by flash drives that had viruses on them.  The IT departments have modified their security policies by removing access to USB flash drives.  So, how does this effect you and your digital life?  What do you do, if you need to use a public computer in an environment...

Yesterday, I wrote a review about my ”Insignia NS-WBRDVD Connected Blu-Ray Disc Player“  I had mentioned there were a few features, I had yet to check out.  Today, I checked out another feature of this Blu-Ray Disc Player. The USB port. At first, I thought the USB port was just going used as a simple audio player option.  However, as I looked into it further, I was pleasantly surprised with all the functionality the USB port feature brings to the table. Audio If there are audio files present on the USB drive when plugged into the unit, you will see an Audio menu option.  I...

I just purchased an Insignia NS-WBRDVD Connected Blu-Ray Disc Player on Nov. 23rd, 2009.  Why didn’t I wait until Black Friday?  As, I had suggested in yesterday’s post “Christmas Shopping starting early this year” I plan to spend some quality time with my wife on Friday morning.  While we were in Best Buy, we decided to look at the Blu-Ray Disc Player offerings.  It was a difficult choice, we had a few buying criteria had to be met before the purchase would occur. Purchase Criteria: Below $150 closer to $100 would be even better NOT brand X or brand Y When it...

Several years ago, a very good friend of mine introduced me to a powerful anti-virus software with a funny name. The name of the software is called Avast. Kind of sounds like pirate speak aye?  Even though it has a pirate sounding name, it has nothing to do with piracy.  In fact, I think it is one of the best anti-virus software packages around.  I recommend it to everybody.  The best thing is the home version is free. Some of the features in Avast: Anti-spyware Anti-rootkit Anti-virus Strong self-protection email protection Automatic updates The one feature I have been...