The RAZR is back!
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Posted:Nov 15, 2019 10:26 pm
Last Updated:Oct 31, 2022 12:46 pm 163452 Views
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Last week it was a leaked rumor. This week it's been confirmed. Motorola is bringing back the legendary RAZR flip-phone. Introduced in 2004, the RAZR was such a item that Motorola sold more than one hundred thirty million units in 4 years making it the best- clamshell phone in the world.
Eventually sales slumped as touchscreen phones became popular and Samsung took the market lead. In 20 Motorola resurrected the RAZR 20.
On November , 2019 Motorola released details that an Android based RAZR will be released for 2020 exclusively through Verizon Wireless at a price of $1,500.
I don't have a crystal ball, but I'll make a prediction that the initial review will be slower than expected. Those have service with other providers won't be willing jump ship and there will be a market for cracked/unlocked phones, but I suspect at $1,500 you can a flagship Samsung S10+ and have enough left over for 65" Samsung 4K UHD TV.
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FM Radio is at an all-time low...
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Posted:Nov 10, 2019 6:04 pm
Last Updated:Nov 26, 2019 6:04 pm 170425 Views
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As far as concerned, FM Radio is an all-time low...
20 years ago, the FCC allowed FM radio broadcasts to carry digital data encoded into their analog signal. This was used to encode Metadata... the information about song title, artist, album, song length, etc.
If you had an old car radio it didn't matter as the additional information was transparent and had no affect the music format. Only newer radios could interpret the digital messages, usually streaming them along a 'ticker-tape' line on the radio display.
Modern car radios have a total digital experience by incorporating the screen for GPS, Radio, Backup camera and many other features. The car I own has a nice size display, but the radio only shows station name, song/artist in a small stream and the station I.D.
I had a rental car this year with a radio that received album name and images from the CD/album cover. I liked that part of the radio.
At the end of last year, a few local radio stations started introducing messages on the streaming window. Numbers to for contests, and little by little, advertisements appeared on the display. Car dealers and Attorney advertisements would fit in between song titles. Now, it's the song titles that have to fit in between the advertisements.
One station plays 2 different advertisements and at the same time you get to listen to a third advertisement.
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Yeah, all time low.
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Lots of pressure in this relationship...
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Posted:Nov 7, 2019 9:53 pm
Last Updated:Nov 11, 2019 3:46 pm 155400 Views
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We were in Miami last weekend doing more house renovation to prepare for a sale. One thing needed was to pressure clean the sidewalk and front porch. My helper insisted pushing me aside as she's got control of the pressure. How much pressure? It would appear to be 1800 psi.
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Free Pickup Today...
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Posted:Nov 3, 2019 7:36 pm
Last Updated:Nov 4, 2019 1:01 pm 146817 Views
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I usually do some online research before buying any products. That said, if I search for products that are available in store now, the search engine should actually show products that are... IN STORE NOW!
Not always the case, and many retailers rely on huge inventories that are shipped from remote warehouses and not all from one location. That's what trying to avoid.
Many folks have become addicted to Amazon and their free delivery. I don't want to wait for many of the items I purchase. Give me something to touch and feel before I get my debit !
The memory foam mattress topper I wanted was not available in the local places I was shopping at and had to be ordered in. Three days shipped to my door. It was a little softer than I expected, but too much trouble to send back, wait for and order another.
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I met Giuseppe today...
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Posted:Oct 27, 2019 4:37 pm
Last Updated:Nov 2, 2019 11:25 pm 135860 Views
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Earlier today I went to visit niece and her 2 . On the way back, I stopped for groceries and found a father & team playing music in the parking lot. The term is busking and it refers to playing in a public place for donations.
As the story goes, Guiseppe was wailing away on a violin with some prerecorded music in the background. Both players were amplified and can be heard across the large parking lot of a mall.
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I'm a conservative...
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Posted:Oct 13, 2019 7:31 pm
Last Updated:Oct 13, 2019 7:32 pm 115566 Views
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It shouldn't come as a surprise anyone. I grew up in a conservative household. Toothpaste? , we pulled the tube against the edge of a desk squeeze every bit. I remember once (or twice) having completely flatten it for a family member!
It wasn't that we didn't have another tube open, conservatism was our lifestyle.
Getting ready go and the a/c was turned off way before we made it the front door.
My mom used walk around and see if a light was on... someone had better be using it.
Food in my house didn't go waste. Salad dressing... much the . If a few teaspoonfuls were left at the bottom of your bowl... you were wasting it.
My dad had a pretty good memory too. He could tell you what he had for dinner on the first Monday in September 1967... Sunday's leftovers!
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DRONEon episode 5...
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Posted:Sep 28, 2019 8:07 pm
Last Updated:Sep 28, 2019 8:09 pm 110554 Views
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I went for a few months without flying drones. The model I purchased a few years ago, uses GPS guidance with the ability shoot quality 4K video. intent was study and pass the FAA Part 107 test and be certified fly drones commercially... as in making legally doing aerial photography. While it's on list, other things keep getting in the way!
weeks ago, I connected with friends fly for sport in a huge public park with a section off side for us enjoy model aircraft. I did 10 minutes of flying but for some unknown reason, the video I recorded had a green tint. I suspect there could be some corrosion on the connector to the camera that needs attention.
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Of all the gall...
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Posted:Sep 21, 2019 4:58 pm
Last Updated:Sep 21, 2019 4:59 pm 108619 Views
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I must have been 10 years old when my parents drove back to New York to visit my grandmother in the hospital. She had gall bladder surgery.
One thing I can recall was the mayonnaise jar with gritty looking nuggets in it.
Uh.... that was her souvenir of the gall stones the doctor removed!
Another thing I remember was my father saying she "Went under the knife."
As I got older, I learned it meant surgery. Surgery of any kind.
In the 1960's surgery like that involved an incision as long " and it took several weeks of recuperation.
Modern surgery still uses a scalpel, but it's to make small incisions. All the work is done through a few 'keyholes' where instruments are pushed into tubes and a probe with a camera on the end is that the doctors can see through to do their work!
Recovery time is considerably less. The risk of cutting muscles and nerves to get to the area requiring surgery is also less.
Last year, a coworker had a hernia repair. He was in the hospital less than 6 hours and back to work after 1 week.
In my book, that would mean the term "Going under the knife" should be replaced by the term "Going under the laparoscope"
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Boo...
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Posted:Sep 15, 2019 12:41 pm
Last Updated:Sep 16, 2019 6:41 pm 108417 Views
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Stores are already filling with Halloween products...
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Daddy...
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Posted:Sep 14, 2019 7:56 pm
Last Updated:Sep 15, 2019 12:38 pm 109296 Views
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A young boy goes to his father and says "Daddy?"
The father replies "Yes " and the says "Daddy, I have a question"
The father says ", what's your question?"
The boy asks "Is Rotterdam a bad word?"
The father thinks for a second... Rotterdam, the city in Netherlands and says...
"No , Rotterdam isn't a bad word. Why do you ask?"
The says "Well, a cat scratched my teacher's arm..."
"and?" said the father...
"She's got a bad infection" said the .
"and?" said the father...
"I hope it will rot-her-damn arm off!" said the !
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