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by Richard Singleton As our readers well know by now, I’m an inveterate tech junkie. It’s a hobby of mine that brings me immense pleasure. I love to follow tech blogs; I love to keep up with the latest and greatest gadgets; I love tech reviews; I love...
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By Richard Singleton Recently my family and I went to East Texas to visit parents and grandparents. It was a short trip, but one full of great memories (who knew ticks were still alive and kicking in the middle of the winter?). While I was helping my mom update...
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Likely Santa did at least two things this past year: 1) gobbled up your chocolate chip cookies with reckless abandon, and 2) left a slick, shiny new tablet under your tree. The outlook for 2014 is even more tablet-focused, with sales expected to rise by 54 percent....
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In my family, the holidays have always been a time of expectancy, excitement and a modicum of begging, cajoling and haranguing. And, that’s just since I’ve been a married adult. Mrs. Claus is so good to me! Imagine the youthful glint in my eyes as a kid when the shiny...
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App basics 101 2013-10-01 Author: Richard Singleton I still remember the surreal experience of buying my first computer. It was in the early 90s when it was extremely rare to plop down two grand for electronics. In fact, the Super Nintendo had just arrived on...
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Restricted access 2013-07-29 Author: Richard Singleton Back-to-school. Those words evoke powerful emotions. For some they excitedly roll off the tongue like the verbal version of a Baryshnikov ballet. For others, they confront us like the stinging force of the molten...
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Go wireless for weight loss 2013-05-29 Author: Richard Singleton By now our regular readers will know that I’m a big technology nerd. My son would place the emphasis on the words big and nerd. In that order, I’m sure. Nerd? Okay. I’m not Star Trek-certified, but love...
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Out with the old, in with the new 2013-03-26 Author: Richard Singleton The other day my son and I were tooling around town making unceremonious jokes about various stupid human behavior (most of which we were engaged in, of course). At some point the topic turned to...
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High tech for the simple life! 2013-02-01 Author: Richard Singleton This past Christmas, two new devices came to roost in my happy little existence that I swore would never overtake me: a Mac and a Keurig. For years I’ve been swearing that I would never want an...
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HIGH TECH Low Rent 2012-11-26 Author: Richard Singleton It’s Tuesday about 1:15 p.m. and I find myself staring blurry-eyed at a massive project I thought was completed yesterday, but that through some strange, enervating twist of administrative fate, has to be...
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Big steps for school tech 2012-09-28 Author: Richard Singleton The first grading period of the 2012-2013 school year will occur this month. For some that might mean progress reports, teacher conferences and doubling down on homework. For others, it will mean that the...
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Connecting the Dots Using tech for summer fun 2012-05-31 Author: Richard Singleton You’ve envisioned this moment all year and it’s finally here: summer! The kids couldn’t wait to hear the final bell. Admittedly, it’s something many of them have been craving...
