Iain's World http://www.iainsworld.net/wp Technology, Politics, Small Business, Everyday Stuff Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:07:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Newegg is Cool! http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2010/09/newegg-is-cool/ http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2010/09/newegg-is-cool/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:36:54 +0000 admin http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/?p=221 So I started hearing a chirping noise on my laptop. Was a bit concerned. Then the thing froze! Was more concerned. Rebooted. It worked and then when I was trying to save some pictures, it went bonkers. The noise let me know that indeed the hard drive was about to die. Well I wanted to buy . . . → Read More: Newegg is Cool! No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2010/09/newegg-is-cool/feed/ 0 Why I still like the iPhone http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2010/07/why-i-still-like-the-iphone/ http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2010/07/why-i-still-like-the-iphone/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:58:22 +0000 admin http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/?p=206 When I heard that Apple was coming out with the iPhone 4, I maintained my sense of skepticism, and decided to wait and see what happens. Sure enough, first was the fiasco of the missing iPhone which apparently was left in a bar only to be discovered by someone who handed it over to engadget.com providing . . . → Read More: Why I still like the iPhone Related posts:
  1. Blackberry in iPhone. Sounds good. This happened purely by accident. Getting ready for work one...
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Guyanese doctor wins US$2.5M Pioneer Award

February 23, 2010 | By KNews | Filed Under News SALT LAKE CITY A pioneering model that a University of Utah cardiologist proposes as a cause of heart disease is the kind of creative thinking the National Institutes of Health (NIH) likes to see—and reward . . . → Read More: Guyanese Doctor Wins Award No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2010/02/guyanese-doctor-wins-award/feed/ 2 Blackberry in iPhone. Sounds good. http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/12/blackberry-in-iphone-sounds-good/ http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/12/blackberry-in-iphone-sounds-good/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:17:06 +0000 admin http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/?p=138 This happened purely by accident. Getting ready for work one morning, I couldn’t find the headset for my iPhone. I was drawing a blank as to where I put it and with the clock ticking, I was all about panned out as to remembering where the thing was. My daughter was home from college at the . . . → Read More: Blackberry in iPhone. Sounds good. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/12/blackberry-in-iphone-sounds-good/feed/ 1 Watch Your Balls, Tiger http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/12/watch-your-balls-tiger/ http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/12/watch-your-balls-tiger/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:35:57 +0000 admin http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/?p=126 So the world has now discovered that the man we know as Tiger Woods is (“gasp”) just another guy! What’s Tiger’s problem being a regular guy? Doesn’t he know he has to be perfect as his game? Doesn’t he know that there are people who look up to his impeccable character on and off . . . → Read More: Watch Your Balls, Tiger No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/12/watch-your-balls-tiger/feed/ 0 Online Shopping Tips http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/11/online-shopping-tips/ http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/11/online-shopping-tips/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:59:33 +0000 admin http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/?p=118 . . . → Read More: Online Shopping Tips No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/11/online-shopping-tips/feed/ 2 Still Waters Run Deep http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/09/still-waters-run-deep/ http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/09/still-waters-run-deep/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:21:49 +0000 admin http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/?p=99 http://www.wsbtv.com/news/20940073/detail.html

Troy West

Jimmy Carter, also from the same state where this attack occurred, spoke of racism being at the heart of the attacks on President Obama. This is known but denied and cases like this only brings to the fore what is real and what some people are trying to believe. Reminds me of the woman . . . → Read More: Still Waters Run Deep No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/09/still-waters-run-deep/feed/ 0 iPod Notes Pleasant Surprise: Live and Learn http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/06/ipod-notes-pleasant-surprise-live-and-learn/ http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/06/ipod-notes-pleasant-surprise-live-and-learn/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:13:00 +0000 admin http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/?p=28 One of the first peeves I had about the iPhone was it not syncing its notes application with Outlook. With Windows Mobile, this was available but not an important feature to many. Even when implemented, it was responsible for the many crashes I had with it. Now you may wonder, why Notes. As an old school . . . → Read More: iPod Notes Pleasant Surprise: Live and Learn No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.iainsworld.net/wp/2009/06/ipod-notes-pleasant-surprise-live-and-learn/feed/ 0