Gregory Reher http://gregoryreher.com Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:45:34 +0000 en hourly 1 Humor Can Inspire http://gregoryreher.com/2012/04/humor-can-inspire/ http://gregoryreher.com/2012/04/humor-can-inspire/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:45:34 +0000 Greg http://gregoryreher.com/?p=1732 A month or so ago this video made the rounds.

I have since lost track of the number of times this (or a link to it) was sent to me.  The message was always the same:  ”Look at this…”, “I would never…”, etc.

To most people this was the most preposterous thing imaginable.  Using a communications device as a kitchen gadget?  Who would do that?

To others this is inspiration and “look at this” becomes “LOOK AT THIS!” and takes on a completely difference meaning.  Jae-Wan Jeong is one of those people.

Read more at: Fast Company Design

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Some time ago I created a post which drew some ire from the Bitcoin faithful.  To this day I still do not get what all the hubbub was about it, except for the anonymous nature of both the “currency” and the transactions which could be made with it.  Unless you are trying to buy something which is of questionable nature (a subject I will not go into again), making anonymous transactions seems to have little practical use.  Regardless, my brief experiment with Bitcoin was likely for naught as it appears that many of the big supporting sites had been compromised at one point or another last year.  I guess I should attempt to log in to my MtGox account one of these days to see what still might be there :)

It’s been awhile since I’ve read a copy of Wired (or any other print magazine for that matter), so I missed this article from its December issue.

The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin.

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Well it looks like they are back and this time with a 4G service.

Read More.

]]> http://gregoryreher.com/2012/03/netzero-is-back/feed/ 0 Elvis is Dead http://gregoryreher.com/2011/10/elvis-is-dead/ http://gregoryreher.com/2011/10/elvis-is-dead/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:40:04 +0000 Greg http://gregoryreher.com/?p=1588 I never met Steve Jobs. I never worked for him. I never even met him, but when I heard the news last night of his passing, I felt like something inside me passed as well. He inspired so many people to not just create, but to make it your passion to create great things. His left this world a better place than the way he found it.

He will be missed.

]]> http://gregoryreher.com/2011/10/elvis-is-dead/feed/ 0 My Cloud http://gregoryreher.com/2011/09/my-cloud/ http://gregoryreher.com/2011/09/my-cloud/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:18:45 +0000 Greg http://gregoryreher.com/?p=1575 My choices for cloud services and how I use them:

MobileMe – Contact, Calendar and Preference Syncing
Dropbox – Active working files for both personal use and work
Sugarsync – Personal archives (documents, software, etc.)
Evernote – Capturing notes and ideas
Gmail – Personal email

What do you use?

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TreeID from MEDL Mobile will teach you the name (common and scientific), physical attributes (bark, leaves, fruit) and geographic locations of almost any tree in North America. Created by MEDL Mobile’s App Incubator and based on an idea from Jason Siniscalchi, a PhD in Forest Resource Science.

]]> http://gregoryreher.com/2011/09/treeid/feed/ 0 Apple-Equipped Bentley Mulsanne http://gregoryreher.com/2011/09/apple-equipped-bentley-mulsanne/ http://gregoryreher.com/2011/09/apple-equipped-bentley-mulsanne/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:22:09 +0000 Greg http://gregoryreher.com/?p=1550 How can you make the Mulsanne just a little more exclusive? Add a Mac Mini, a couple of iPads and a lot of extra cash.

Via Engadget

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Video: Improvements in Windows 8

MSDN Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/08/26/improvements-in-windows-explorer.aspx

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Via Google+
https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/posts/gcSStkKxXTw

]]> http://gregoryreher.com/2011/08/icon-ambulance/feed/ 0 This is why I stay with Apple http://gregoryreher.com/2011/08/this-is-why-i-stay-with-apple/ http://gregoryreher.com/2011/08/this-is-why-i-stay-with-apple/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:33:43 +0000 Greg http://gregoryreher.com/?p=1527 While I didn’t write this, I have agree with the point that Apple’s service is difficult to beat. If you’ve ever dealt with customer service or attempted to obtain repair service from Dell or any other PC manufacturer, you know how hard it really is.

From Chris Rawson at TUAW

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