Welcome to 2014. We hope you had a safe and wonderful New Year’s Eve. We do what we do every year – get all dressed up for no apparent reason, make food, watch (more like hear) fireworks outside on our balcony and ring in the new year quietly. We’ve never been big on shelling out ‘Miami-Cash’ for a night out on New Year’s Eve. We could hear Pitbull’s...
Last game at the Metrodome in Minnesota
The last of the Metrodome Today is bittersweet. The Vikings of Minnesota are playing the Lions of Detriot in the last game at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Update: The Vikings won the game 14-13 over the Lions). It’s actually ‘Mall of America Field’. But to Minnesotans, it’s always been called The Dome. It’s bittersweet because many are happy to see it go...
How to read all your old tweets on Twitter
Twitter is quite a way to communicate, isn’t it!? I love it. But it wasn’t always that way. In 2009, I thought Twitter was childish. Who the hell is going to post two sentences and have it mean anything to anyone? Well, I was clearly wrong. It’s blown up to be how many of us gather news, communicate with friends, family and colleagues, tell jokes, find out drama and learn about...
Shuckers restaurant deck collapse
The big story Friday was the Shuckers restaurant deck collapse in South Florida. The restaurant is located a very small town called North Bay Village – very close to Miami. The restaurant is known for it’s back patio on the pier of Biscayne Bay. Boats and Jet Skis cruise by as patrons enjoyed the sun and breeze coming off the water. But Friday, the scene wasn’t nearly as serene...
Sunday project: Nest Thermostat installation
I’ve begun transforming our apartment into a ‘smart’ apartment. My goal is to start adding some high-tech features to help streamline our lives with more efficiency, less headache and just a solid dose of ‘cool’. I have been testing out the Rec10 Wireless Internet Booster by Amped Wireless. So far, so good. I’m able to fill my apartment with a solid internet...
What is a fingerprint scanner? Passwords could be a thing of the past
When was the last time you went to a website you haven’t been to in months or years and attempted to log in? You were forced to think back to last year and your most popular password you used for all your accounts. We’re told to change our passwords often, so if you try to log in with a newer variation of your old password, congratulations, you’re listening. But that still...