Category Archives: Technology

All things technology.

Fun with the Last.fm API, python and Wordle

I’ve been looking for a reason to hack around with python. Recently, my friend @smbrown published a post on his The Monkey Represents Sharing blog entitled Wordle visualization of my Tweetstream where he used a python script to archive his Twitter stream which he then used to create a Wordle, or a visual representation of […]

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T-Mobile customer service screwed me

The main objective of this post is to inform the public that T-Mobile is a dishonest, money-grubbing corporation with no respect for their customers, and no interest in taking action to correct their mistakes. I’ll be dropping as many keywords as I can in an effort to attract readers, search results, and links to […]

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Gadget Acquisition: Nokia 9500 Communicator

Thanks to my brother Jim, I have acquired a new (to me) Nokia 9500 Communicator. Jim, who is blind, was interested in trying the 9500 out as a possible portable talking computer solution. The Nokia 9500 uses the Symbian Series 80 Operating System and Nuance has created a version of their SpeechPAKS Talks […]

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Gadget Acquisition: Garmin eTrex Vista C

This year has been marked by a great return of interest in some long time and long lost hobbies of mine: Mountain Biking and Backpacking/Hiking. Having spent a majority of the last ten years of my life glued to a computer screen, I started to become repulsed by all things technology (exaggeration) and […]

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