Geekology 101: My first venture into the tablet world with Amazon’s Kindle Fire

It has been a few weeks since I wrote about anything tech related  so back to it.

JIM FALL: Have you noticed what ‘golf’ spells backwards? 

Man, here it is not even February and I’ve got it bad.

GEEKOLOGY 101: If you think I look bad, you should see the other guy!

First off, let me start by saying that I was going to talk about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) but something weird happened. The online community rose up and convinced Congress that this wasn’t a good idea.

Geekology 101: I like my coffee like I like my women, pale & sweet.

I really don’t know the time or the place, all I know is one day I looked down to my cup and saw myself filling it with black gold aka coffee.

JIM FALL: Taking an opportunity to explain the ‘silence’

I broke into this business as a city hall reporter.

GEEKOLOGY 101: That's right, I'm Abe Froman, The Sausage King of Chicago!

Do you remember when you would celebrate a sick day home from school? 

LIFE LIKE MINE: Oh, my little robber baron

As a parent, my job is to raise my child to become the best person he can be.

JIM FALL: Maybe we are where we live

Having passed the magic age that signifies living three quarters of a century — and still going strong, most days anyway — I will readily admit that not all things are right with me, obviously physically, and arguably mentally.

GEEKOLOGY 101: The pen is mightier than the sword, but what about the pencil?

So welcome to the year 2012. I hope it lasts longer than 2011 did.

JIM FALL: No matter the outcome, football is about to end

As a season which has tried the souls of even the most resolute of football fans comes to its ultimate conclusion, there are a few things for certain that we as fans need to understand.

GEEKOLOGY 101: What do you mean it’s almost 2012 already? Where did 2011 go?

Didn’t 2011 just begin? 

LIFE LIKE MINE: No Nerf guns in chess

Playing chess with your 6-year-old son?

JIM FALL: Holiday etiquette guaranteed to help you keep your job

Smack dab in the midst of the holiday party season, that venerable source of social behavior advice, The Wall Street Journal, has produced a nifty list of tips for ensuring you remain employed following this prime party period.

Geekology 101: Peter Jackson & Christopher Nolan delivered the best gifts of all

Like a kid on Christmas day I was excited beyond belief.

JIM FALL: I’m sorry, but this is not a good ending for a year

This is going to be a real reversal for me. I am usually optimistic about things, very optimistic about most everything, in fact.

GEEKOLOGY 101: With 10 days until Christmas, what are some other Geek options?

You can feel it. It peers out at you like a cheetah stalking its prey. No matter where you hide, you know you can’t shake it. You are helpless.

LIFE LIKE MINE: Chucky’s Christmas of the Damned

I can’t find the Elf on the Shelf.”

JIM FALL: Pondering some ideas about growing old(er)

As I readily confessed a couple of weeks ago, I have roared right past a somewhat significant milestone in life.

GEEKOLOGY 101: Now for the most asked question of 2011...tablet or laptop?

So you are still in the heat of the Christmas shopping season. You have been waiting for just the right moment for making an important computing decision, laptop or tablet.

JIM FALL: Some advice for holiday eating I didn’t write — but will practice

Well, I made it through the Big Birthday Celebration — a little wet for the ware, but ready to face whatever the future holds for me in 2012 and beyond.

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