Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

I don’t what to make of a news story I read today. Is it for real?! According to the story, the entire computer industry (except Seagate) built all their hard drve manufacturing factories in one location, in Thailand. IN THE MIDDLE OF A FLOOD PLAIN. One of the most ferocious monsoon storms in Thailand history [...]

The latest buzz word in the technology industry is “the cloud.” It’s been around for several years. Basically, the “cloud” is online storage space on some server. Perhaps you’ve heard of Carbonite or iCloud? You can see a comprehensive list of both top US and Top UK cloud storage companies and pricing at the link. [...]

I got a new laptop a few weeks ago, a terrific Toshiba Intel iCore3. It’s the lowest grade iCore (all I could afford), but it’s SO much better than the plain ol’ dual core machines! The Toshiba has some nice entertainment peripheral perks, too, which I am itching to try out. One is an HDMI [...]

And according to CNBC, Google may be next. There are two separate groups initiating a class action suit, both in California, made up of iPhone and iPad users. They allege that apps for the devices are passing on user information to advertisers, without the consent of the users. The intent of the suits are to [...]

This technology just blows my mind. Not that I cannot comprehend it– the basics are rather simple– but just the fact that this can be done. Remember, I can recall the days before the VCR and CD!! But anyway, there’s this amazing technology called Sparqcode. It’s a form of qr code advertising: A QR Code [...]

These photos are pretty funny! They are from a 1962 book prophecying the technological advances of 1975. I guess 1962 was a very optimistic year (even though they’d just outlawed public praying in schools), as they had NO IDEA of the impending oil crisis that would essentially shut down innovation with the cardigan malaise. My [...]