Mike on February 27th, 2009

I just…couldn’t…resist…any longer.  The Steve Jobs siren song was too much.
Today I ordered my iPhone and I’m already plotting what I will do with it.
My teenager will rejoice in the knowledge that she will soon be getting an ATT Tilt cell phone (the Guentzel Tech Trickledown Effect™).
More on this when I get the phone sometime [...]

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Mike on February 25th, 2009

Common Craft put out an excellent series of videos that help folks understand Internet phenomenons.  The videos are short, concise and very useful for those who want to learn about something in a hurry.  I really enjoy the style in which they do it too.
They’ve also done Social Networking in Plain English, Wikis in Plain [...]

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Mike on February 23rd, 2009

I’ve never been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, much less Rio during Carnival.  But through the magic of the Internet, I can get a taste of the spectacle that is Carnival.  This collection is really nice.
Click the picture above for 39 other photos from around the world.
And if you don’t currently follow the Boston [...]

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Mike on February 21st, 2009

I started this post one evening after one too many glasses of wine, so I thought I would rescue it since it is pretty applicable to why I’m doing things differently these days (I’ve decided I’ll dub it Guentzel Change 2009™).  Facebook is something that has exploded in popularity in the past few years as [...]

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Mike on February 19th, 2009

Dear Guentzel.Org Readers (all 2 of you)-
Well, the blog posts have dropped off a bit in the past six months haven’t they?  When I first set up this blog, I wanted it to be a way for me to communicate with my friends and family that are spread out (geographically).  I wanted to share links [...]

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Mike on October 9th, 2008

Dad came over last night to borrow a computer.  The kids were asleep, so I just happened to walk out the front door as he was driving up.  What followed was more or less a typical conversation with my dad.  Here’s a brief snippet:

Me:  Here’s the computer.  it has everything you need.  If you have [...]

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Mike on July 30th, 2008

Another year has gone by way too quickly.
Today, I’m 41 and I still don’t feel old.
Sure, I’m not as spry as I used to be.  I haven’t run a 10K in about 12 years.  I weigh more than I should.  I have classic male patterned baldness (although I’m pretty sure it has stopped spreading…deluding myself [...]

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