What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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A neighborhood kid that lives down the street from me is heading off to his first year of college this fall. He recently mentioned to me that he wants a new laptop but probably won't be getting one since his parents already have a desktop computer lined up for him. I think he already knew by the look on my face but I told him anyway that he needed to convince his parents to get the laptop. This is when he begged me to talk to his parents. I guess he figured that Mr. Noobie might might have a little… Continue reading...
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. You can get high definition television programming without paying a dime in monthly fees. Think I’m pulling the wool over your eyes? Well, I’m not. Before you get too excited, what I am about to tell you is not a scam. It is not crooked. And it is not illegal. It does, however, require you to have the following: A widescreen television with a built-in digital tuner A $15-30 antenna Reasonable proximity to local broadcast television towers How is this possible? Because high definition programming from local television stations is… Continue reading...
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Technology is a funny thing. One day a new technology is living on the bleeding edge and another it’s old hat. I think of this whenever I drive by an old-fashioned motel. Many moons ago, motels would boast on a big sign outside of the motel that they offer free color television. Now you would laugh if the person behind the counter told you color television was included in your night’s stay. A little later the signs changed to “Free Cable” and eventually “Free HBO”. Now come on, what motel these days doesn’t offer cable television as well as some… Continue reading...
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It never ceases to amaze me that advertisers assume that everyone knows every technical term there is to know. For instance, last night while watching my beloved Green Bay Packers lose the NFC Championship game, I saw a local ad for an electronics store trying to drum up interest in new widescreen televisions just in time for the Super Bowl. The gentleman in the ad proclaimed, “We sell televisions with full 1080p.” Now how many of you reading this know what 1080p means? Unless you have participated in Noobie’s Are You Ready for the Transition to High Definition Television? workshop,… Continue reading...
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Technology in television and movies always cracks me up. No matter how advanced real-life technology gets, almost every television show or movie I watch makes it look like it is ten times better. So I present to you a list of things you can do with technology in television shows and movies that you can’t really do in real life: Type a seemingly random sequence of characters on the keyboard to pull up a traffic camera on whatever street the person standing next to the computer requests. Trace, recognize and destroy an incoming virus to a computer network in ten… Continue reading...
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