What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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My kids call the car I drive the Noobie van. They call it this because it's a minivan with Noobie vinyl decals on the back side windows. The are yoo a noobie? question spelled out on my minivan has always drawn lots of attention in parking lots, drive-thrus and even while tailgating at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Complete strangers have no problem approaching me to ask me what a noobie is. And I'm more than happy to explain it to them. *wink* A few days ago, I had to take the Noobie van back to my good friend… Continue reading...
I rented a movie from Blockbuster over the weekend. While I was browsing the rental shelves I became annoyed at all of the extraneous stuff that Blockbuster now sells. Instead of letting this get to me I decided to channel my annoyances and visualize what the perfect Blockbuster store would look like. That is, my own personal Blockbuster. I think it would look like this: The shelves would contain new releases only. I can't remember the last time I went to Blockbuster and rented anything other than a new release. It would only stock new releases that have 5 or… Continue reading...
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Today is a special day for me. It's my birthday. Thought everyone might enjoy hearing how many ways there are to wish a techie happy birthday. Here's how I spent my day so far: Reading personal happy birthday emails from friends and family. Answering a phone call from an old business colleague and friend. Listening to voice mails on my mobile phone with stunning renditions of Happy Birthday. Reading a text message from an old business colleague that couldn't make lunch (don't worry, several others still made it). Browsing dozens of Twitter birthday wishes. Reading a special Happy Birthday Mr… Continue reading...
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The combination of Olympics and technology puzzles me. Michael Phelps won the 2008 Olympic gold medal in the 100m butterfly by 1/100th of a second. Thanks to high precision sensors on the swimming wall that must be touched by each swimmer as he or she finishes an event, it can’t get any closer than that without being a tie. So why is it that in 2008 we still need two guys to stand out in the shot put field that run to the first spot on the ground the ball hits to determine the official distance? If these same two… Continue reading...
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The days that I put an outgoing letter in my mailbox are some of my favorites. Why? Because I get to put the little red flag up to tell the mail carrier to pick up the mail. And when the mail carrier does pick up the mail, he or she puts the little red flag back down. It's not the little red flag that excites me. It's knowing when the mail has been delivered without having to walk down the driveway to the mailbox to check. Call me lazy but I hate wasted trips only to find out the mail… Continue reading...
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