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WTAM 1100 – Geek Squad – September 12th, 2011
There seems to be a rise in the number of phone or email scams falsely using the Microsoft name going around lately. I had a chance to speak to the Wills & Snyder show on Cleveland’s WTAM 1100 Newsradio this morning.
For more information on these scams, and how to protect yourself, visit the Microsoft Safety & Security Center.
WTAM 1100 – Geek Squad – August 29th, 2011
Old PCs need love too! I had a chance to speak to Bill Wills at WTAM1100 Newsradio in Cleveland about ways to breath new life in that old laptop hardware.
Having a day off prompted me to go on an extended ride today. I ended up nearly two hours away from home, in some really great farm country on the back roads of Ohio.
It was amazingly relaxing, but I also had some excitement when my clutch cable broke while on a country highway outside of Akron. Fortunately, the bike behaved itself, and a few miles up the road I happened across All Seasons Sport Center.
The two guys there were pretty cool, and while they didn’t have a cable specifically made for my ancient bike, we found a shorter one that could be routed across the outside to get everything working again.
When you have two wheels, there’s always an adventure to be had.
WTAM 1100 – Geek Squad – August 15th, 2011
While kids are deciding what lunchbox they want to take to school, parents are looking at ways to give their children a technological edge in their education.
I spoke to the Wills & Snyder show this morning on Cleveland’s WTAM 1100 Newsradio about educational software and websites.
I’ve often seen the large blue shape of the Pymatuning Reservoir on Google Maps, so it made for a decent destination for today’s road trip on my scooter. The ride out was nice, with plenty of country highway to make getting there by scooter possible, even if it meant going 5 mph under the speed limit. That was fine, because it was my day off, and I didn’t really need to be anywhere at any particular time.
It also made for a chance to make use of the small scooter saddlebags I had just received from Scooter Logic. They actually kept the cold water bottles I brought along decently cool, along with some other gear I wanted more easily accessible for the extended ride.
The total ride time was close to 4 hours over the 105 miles, with roughly 2 and a half hours of ride time, plus pit stops and sight-seeing.