robpegoraro
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This headline and this story make me sad--we're closing our L.A., Chicago and NYC bureaus:
3:08 PM Nov 24th
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I thought I'd write a simple bit about the merits of HDMI and VGA to connect a laptop to an HDTV... and, poof, there went an hour.
12:46 PM Nov 24th
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Put me down as a skeptic about a News Corp.-MSFT scheme to shut out Google's indexing of properties:
11:22 AM Nov 24th
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@ Or select "SystemUIServer" in Activity Monitor and quit that. Thanks! (Now I've got one item for this weekend's Q&A.)
9:22 AM Nov 24th
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in reply to paulschreiber
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A friend wants to search his contacts not just by name, but by city or text in notes. Is there an (effective, free) app for that?
8:49 AM Nov 24th
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The right end of this Mac's menu bar seems to have locked up, leaving the clock stalled at 9:59 a.m. What an unkind little trick to play...
8:30 AM Nov 24th
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Good bit on rebranding efforts from @: (best reader comment: "It's better than Xe.")
2:03 PM Nov 23rd
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RT @: For a limited time, use code MP34FREE to get a $3 credit good towards songs or albums at Amazon MP3. Details: .
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1:23 PM Nov 23rd
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Warning: Going to the @ 12/8 meetup in D.C. may require talking to a dork like the one at left in this photo:
12:12 PM Nov 23rd
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@ grazie!
11:53 AM Nov 23rd
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in reply to joezuc
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What should you bring in a Thanksgiving computer tech-support toolkit? Here are my suggestions:
10:27 AM Nov 23rd
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Sunday's Q&A () has a stupid typo in the monitor-resolutions item; last figure should be 1920 x 1200. Correction TK.
9:48 AM Nov 23rd
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tips from @: Make sure it can't roll into a fireplace (lit or not) or over a just-opened paint-can lid.
5:45 PM Nov 21st
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I updated yesterday's blog post with quotes from an e-mail I didn't expect to get--Vernor Vinge on augmented reality:
8:44 AM Nov 21st
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@ Thanks for the suggestion - very clean, attractive UI, although the lack of an in-camera view holds it back IMHO
4:01 PM Nov 20th
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There is a page at Microsoft's site listing which versions of Office you can run in Windows 7... uh, right?
12:26 PM Nov 20th
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@ Nope, no Dashboard or Expose gestures - just a two-finger swipe for forward or back navigation.
11:19 AM Nov 20th
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in reply to MysteryPollster
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To broaden a query from yesterday: can anybody recommend a set of white xmas lights that don't flicker and don't have a blue tint?
11:17 AM Nov 20th
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Any other tech writers get an unsolicited Apple Magic Mouse this week? (Am testing it now and like it so far, but of course can't keep it.)
9:06 AM Nov 20th
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Got a neat e-mail from a reader about how he's using GPS to augment one of Virginia's oldest traditions, fox hunting:
8:30 AM Nov 20th
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- Name Rob Pegoraro
- Location Washington, DC
- Web http://washington...
- Bio Washington Post columnist/blogger who writes about (and is often frustrated by) computers, gadgets and other things that beep.
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