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SNL Wireless Carrier Spoof Hits Home

In case you missed it last week Saturday Night Live did a spoof of a Verizon Wireless Commercial (see video below).  In the video SNL makes fun of the telecom jargon thrown around by wireless carriers.  Having spent many years … Continue reading

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Rash of Local Vehicle Break-ins Prompts “Winter Break-in Surveillance System Special”

Last night there was a rash of car break-ins in Bluffton, South Carolina. At least 35 reported break-ins as of nine o’clock this morning.  Car break-ins are a serious, but very common crime that unfortunately many people become victim to.  Most … Continue reading

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Best Free Online Education Money Can’t Buy

If you are interested in continuing your education or learning a new subject, how about taking some classes at MIT, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, or Harvard.  Forget the outrageous college loans, not to mention the hurdles of just be admitted these … Continue reading

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Kid Tracking Device/Emergency Responder for Helicopter Parents Like Me.

Back in the day my parents would send my sister and I out to play on a Saturday, with instructions we were not allowed to come back home until it got dark, living in the country had it’s benefits.  With … Continue reading

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I’ve fallen and can’t get….. to my cell phone!

When I opened my first wireless store near Sun City Hilton Head, a 55+ community, everyday I would get two or three request for Jitterbug Phones.  I had to turn them away or put them into a phone that was often … Continue reading

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How To Get a Free Cellphone Battery & Charger from Overstock!

How to get a free cellphone battery and charger for your phone from overstock.com…Or how I got one, your results may vary. Having owned wireless stores for a number of years I find it painful to buy accessories at retail … Continue reading

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Free App Zinio Magazine Reader for Android, iPhone Giving $25 In Free Subscriptions To New Customers!

The free Magazine reader app Zinio is giving a $25 credit magazine subscription credit to new customers. I’ve been using Zinio for about a week on my android and it has become one of my favorite reading apps.  I like … Continue reading

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New Nook Tablet, rooted! & $79 Nook e-Ink Reader Black Friday Special!

Last Christmas I received a Pandigital Novel Reader thanks to my wife’s annual Black Friday spending spree.  After she bought it I was trash talking the Pandigital in a store while shopping for some last minute presents with her.  It was a … Continue reading

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The fix is in for the Pandigital Novel Firmware Lock Down

Pandigital seems to have a habit of locking down the devices to prevent firmware updates, intentional or not it’s pretty annoying.  Here is how I got around that and updated my Novel to the newest firmware. The firmware I posted … Continue reading

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Pandigital eReader compatible Apps

I’ve been searching on the web for a few days finding and testing android applications that are compatible with the Pandigital eReader.  I’ve found close to 30 that will work.  You can download them here. However because of hardware limitations … Continue reading

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