Archive: October 07, 2007 - October 13, 2007
Facebook Follow-up
Since I wrote a column earlier this summer about the awkwardness of folks who don't meet the dictionary definition of "friend" asking to be my Facebook friends, the inevitable has happened: Strangers or near-strangers have realized that I'm on Facebook and have sent me friend requests. Some are easy to...
By Rob Pegoraro | October 12, 2007; 11:41 AM ET | Comments (10)
Cameras That Polish Your Portrait
For years, people wanting to upgrade their own electronic image have had to work on it--writing a just-snarky-enough blog, pimping out a MySpace page, leaving witty comments on Evite. Now they can just press a button or two on a digital camera. For today's column, I tried out two cameras...
By Rob Pegoraro | October 11, 2007; 10:50 AM ET | Comments (8)
Reminder: Back Up Your Data Already!
As the primary source of tech support for much of my family, I'm used to getting panicked calls from one relative or another, but usually, I can find a solution to the problem without too much angst. That wasn't the case when my mother-in-law called on Monday to report that...
By Rob Pegoraro | October 10, 2007; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (51)
A Dot-Com Dream Lives
A little while ago, I paid a parking ticket online, and it was more pleasant than I could have hoped. First, the $30 fine was no big deal, given that I'd somehow gone more than seven years without getting ticketed in the District. Second, paying up was simpler and faster...
By Rob Pegoraro | October 9, 2007; 10:01 AM ET | Comments (2)
