I write about technology. One look at my photo tells you that I don’t write about beauty. But indulge me for a moment. A friend just gave me a few boxes of a new high tech beauty product called WrinkleFree Eyes. The magic sauce includes strips of microcharged (small amount of electric current) film that [...]

I expect machine takeover any moment. This week I got two tastes of new technologies that reminded me about problems that machines can solve better than me: Ford’s Active Park Assist and Samsung’s new Dual View Camera.

I have become my Grandmother. She was the one that spent  a bulk of each day pleasantly sleeping in front of the television. The instant she’d wake she’d fret about the fact  that she never slept.  As we age sleep problems do increase, but so does fretting about them. While I’m not my Grandma yet,  I’m now [...]

Their bodies may be gone, but their user names, passwords, and online personae linger on.
As our PCs and our emails hold more and more of our most intimate musings, and as boomers face mortality, the question of how to treat our online lives in the afterlife is a big one. I hear more and more [...]

Funny thing about Amazon. It doesn’t get caught up in the hot trends thing. Jeff Bezos launched the company as an online bookseller—how uncool is that? And now, at a time when every device is getting smaller, they build the Kindle DX—a Kindle book reader on steroids. Finally, while most of the tech world is [...]

It’s been a tough few months for many tech old-favorites, which proves that there’s nothing like a recession to kill off the dinosaurs of the tech species. See if you can guess who they are, based on the descriptions below. Then, after a nanosecond of tribute, move on.

There was a time when the thought of not being connected gave me hives. Now I’m willing to pay a premium to find a place where I can be disconnected for awhile.
In the Air
My first safe haven to go was the airplane. A flight was a place to read a book or watch a movie [...]

In cyberspace, whether you’ve been a saint, sinner, or some combination of the two, your reputation sticks. Forever. Long after the real world has moved past its obsession with your high school foibles, tawdry affairs, or crooked deals, the Internet elephant never forgets.
I’ve lived it. A few years back I made a dumb business decision [...]

Those of a certain generation, for whom color TV and hi-fi stereo were mindblowing inventions, may find using a computer a bit overwhelming. But, older folks are online in increasing numbers and they need (and deserve) a kinder, gentler PC awakening. Some support person telling them to RTFM (Read the F**l$# Manual) or blaming [...]