Category Archives: Technology

I Love This Time of Year – Part II

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Andy Rush

So CES is in full swing and there is varying opinion when the question “did you see anything cool at CES” gets asked. Some of the gadget blogs that I mentioned in the last post make it sound like everything … Continue reading →

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I Love This Time of Year – Part I

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Andy Rush

There’s no question that a new year brings a sense of anticipation for better things. The whole resolution thing is a great indicator that people at least psychologically want to make things better and are excited about what is to … Continue reading →

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Who is Alan Turing?

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Andy Rush

Thanks to Twitter and my old friend Jim Greenberg, I now know who Alan Turing is. Thanks to John Graham-Cumming, who was on This Week in Tech #213, Alan Turing received an apology. Since I have worked in technology for … Continue reading →

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A little Blu-ray salve for my wounds

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Andy Rush

Here’s a deal from Warner Bros. Studios that is intriguing. In their effort to get me started on my Blu-ray library, they are offering to let me buy the Blu-ray version of movies that I have purchased on HD-DVD format. … Continue reading →

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Contemplating how green the grass is with TweetDeck

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Andy Rush

This tale is brought to you by Bluehost, or rather the lack thereof. My account was down yesterday for about 12 hours. I have no illusions that anybody even noticed, but for me it was frustrating because I had a … Continue reading →

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Live UMW Athletics

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Andy Rush

The University of Mary Washington has always taken great pride in its athletics program, and includes some highly ranked teams. However, it was also good to see, as fellow UMW staff member Seth Casana pointed out to me, that the … Continue reading →

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iPhone 3G – 2x as fast*, 1.09x the price

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Andy Rush

* = in some areas The Internet is great for fact checking. When it comes to fact checking, I find that Paul Thurrott does a great job with this. When it comes to the new iPhone, Paul does some debunking … Continue reading →

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I need some AIR

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Andy Rush

I thought about several ways to begin this post, and I was hoping the title wouldn’t scare people off thinking that I was going to vent. No, it’s not that kind of air. It’s actually Adobe’s AIR, or Adobe Integrated … Continue reading →

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Vista

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Andy Rush

This is a post that I’ve been contemplating for a while and it will not just be a rant, but offer some advice for fixing issues with Windows Vista. I’ll also offer a little perspective to Microsoft’s new OS, something … Continue reading →

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Excited about Calameo

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Andy Rush

I usually consider myself a video guy, as well as an audio and imaging guy too. You know a New Media Specialist. So a new document publishing service shouldn’t deserve much of my attention. Unless, of course, the system enables … Continue reading →

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