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Hi, My name is Tony. My Life Happens is where I share my ideas and stories.   I'm an obsessive geek, father of two, efficiency nut, and drinker of coffee. Thanks for visiting.

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Thursday
Apr212011

You Can Follow Me but Don't Track ME

You can "Follow Me" many ways these days.. If I feel like it, I will share my location with you.. This is really cool for friends, family and coworkers. Location awareness gives context to my photos and makes personal technology generally more useful. Many apps use location. For example when I'm looking for a restaurant and need advice I launch Yelp and bring up a map and i can see all the good "eats" near by. How cool!!!!!

So here is what is Not Cool; Apple has been keeping location dat

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Sunday
Apr172011

Keys Locked in Car?

  • Have you locked your keys in the car?
  • Does your car have remote keyless entry?
  • Do you own a cellphone?

This may come in handy someday.

If you lock your keys In the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).