Archive for March, 2009

Netbook Buying Advice & Tips

Surely you’ve heard the term “netbook” within the past year or so. And if not, don’t worry… You will eventually. Netbooks are basically small laptops with two primary purposes… Portability and Internet connectivity. They are very affordable and with all the web-based applications currently available, such as Gmail, Google Calendar, MSN Hotmail, Yahoo! mail, and [...]

The Facebook Downgrade?

I know I’m not the only one who thinks Facebook made a mistake with the recent UI update. It looks a lot like Twitter and that’s a bad thing. It’s almost like a downgrade from what used to be a well polished system. I currently use both Twitter and Facebook, but I use them in [...]

Mac Tablet?

Tomorrow is the iPhone 3.0 event and I have “a feeling” they will be unveiling a new tablet. What perfect timing for such a device as tablet PC’s are all over the place these days. And for good reason… They’re cheap! However, one thing that will different about Apple’s tablet offering, is it will not [...]

The Arrival of Baby Benjamin

Benjamin Howard Lewandowski was born Tuesday morning, March 10th, at 9:06am at Birth & Family Place in Holladay, Utah. He weighed 7lbs 8oz, was 21 inches tall and is doing terrific! I’d like to share the story of my experience with you in this post and hope that you too may be able to get [...]

Trifecta

Trifecta is a game of skill and luck that some good friends and I thought up a few years back. It’s very simple to set up and extremely fun to play. We simply made it up as we went, and what happened was a really great time. It’s basically a mix of (Nerf) basketball and [...]

Friday Favorites

Every first Friday of the month, I will be posting some of my favorite bookmarks. Feel free to bookmark them or add them to your RSS reader (I use NewsFire) if they offer feeds. This week they will be mostly technical, but the overall themes will vary from month to month. Enjoy! SmashingMagazine.com A very [...]

2500+ Free Icons

The generous folks over at IconPot were kind enough to compile a huge list of commercially free to use icons for your projects. Whether you’re designing for a client or for a template, you won’t run into licensing issues with any of these icons! Use them… Download Now!

Safari 4 beta Review

Let me start by saying this browser is FAST! From the minute I loaded my first web page (my.msn.com), I was convinced that this was the fastest browser I’ve used on a Mac so far. Especially when using Gmail and Google Calendar is where I noticed the most speed enhancements. It felt snappy and the [...]

Finally!

After almost 10 years in the web business, I’ve finally found the time to start my own blog. I will be posting about various topics, including daily insights into my personal life, family related links and recaps, web programming tips and tutorials, Xbox 360 games and updates, etc.. Let the games begin…