Add Fun Characters To Your iPhone Keyboard: emoji
I thought I knew everything about my iPhone, but one of the most basic things I had no clue about. It is the emoji keyboard, which gives you the ability to send funny faces, funny icons and...
View ArticleUpgrade: Down To Two Monitors
Our creative director at RustyBrick, Mabe, needed new monitors – her old ones were losing their color. (Although for someone like me who is almost colorblind, I couldn’t tell.) So we ordered her the...
View ArticleHow Many Emails Do You Send & Receive? 12,000
Google announced a new “Google Account Activity Report” which is a monthly report of your Google activity. It shows a lot of things but to me, the most interesting observation is the number of emails I...
View ArticleTime Machine Backup To Be Completed in 50,000 Days
I have a new backup drive, this one works over FireWire 800. I haven’t use Time Machine in a while, and was eager to get that going again. I started the backup and Apple told me it would take about...
View ArticleMy Next iPhone Will Be On Verizon After 5 Years With AT&T
I switched to AT&T Wireless almost five years ago when I bought the original iPhone. Now, after five years, I will 95% switch back to Verizon Wireless – but not for the reason you think. Call...
View ArticleMountain Lion Installation Time Estimated Goes Negative
Last night I installed Apple’s latest OS, Mountain Lion. The download went well but the install was a bit scary. It started off at 34 minutes to install but then when it ticked down to the end of the...
View ArticleAT&T LTE iPhone 5 Doesn’t Work Over Voice Either
A couple weeks ago, the day prior to the iPhone 5 release, Verizon Wireless admitted that you cannot use data LTE and talk on the phone at the same time on the iPhone 5. It was upsetting, it actually...
View ArticleApple: Observant Jews Can’t Buy The iPhone 5S On Launch Day
Yesterday, Apple disappointed with their announcement of their new iPhones. But they also disappointment the observant Jewish community with the announcement of the release dates of the iPhone 5S. If...
View ArticleThe Biggest Flaw In iOS 7
I’ve had iOS 7 since the beta came out and one thing I thought was a bug, an oversight was how the iOS notification preview/roll out completely prevents you from using hundreds of apps. If you get an...
View ArticleApple Maps Van Drove By My House
Look who drove past my home just now? Yep, that is the Apple Maps van taking pictures of my house. But I bet it didn’t know I was taking pictures of it as well. Now who is watching who now! Evil laugh…
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