If you are like me and you might have some friends who have extension numbers, or simply use something like Skype local calling (a local number, that you can dial to call international using your skype account), you want to make sure that your cell phone supports complex dial strings. I keep all my contacts [...]

I have been trying different settings, back and forth since I got the phone, and I really got good results by disabling the Location Services for the Reminders.

What I want to clear up today, is the confusion (at least for me and a few folks I know) regarding iMessage. iOS5 brings to it a new feature, the ability to give the carriers a ‘BIG F-YOU!’ when it comes to gauging users on ‘per-text-message’ options. Personally I don’t want to pay more than $5 bucks for texting, and I don’t think I should have to pay $20 per month for 160 characters each. My $5 is a 200 message plan, which is more than enough for me.

About a month ago, my Samsung SyncMaster 226BW began experiencing slight flickering with the screen. It became progressively worse and worse as the weeks went on, and finally it was at the point where it would take 5-10 minutes to ‘warm up’ and shake loose the flickering screen. Not only was it concerning, but it [...]

Getting poor battery life with your iOS device? Try doing this to bring your battery back to normal. I started getting this after iOS 4 for my iPodTouch gen 4.

All the latest news about Tesla and electric cars, got me thinking. Every manufacturer seems to boast longer and longer ‘milage’ for their vehicles, but I never see any real statistics, its always ‘estimated’ miles, which shows like Top Gear have shown to be incorrect. Case in point, one of the things that nobody seems [...]

I found this menu structure after falling in love with the jQueryUI Aristo theme.  A really slick and smooth theme that I personally find, works very well with all my jQueryUI projects.  Whenever styling buttons of widgets (calendar, sliders, etc;) I reach for Aristo UI. Anyway I found that this theme has also been crafted [...]