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About Richard

Richard is a professional web developer and business consultant. He opened his first web hosting company at the age of 13 out of his bedroom on an ISDN connection and hasn't looked back since. Richard currently resides in sunny Florida.

Selling My BlackBerry Pearl

April 30th, 2008

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Well, that didn’t take long! And it’s not that my BlackBerry doesn’t work great, don’t get me wrong — this is a solid platform trusted by hundreds of thousands Hollywood stars and Government officials alike. The only problem I have with it is that it works too well. Yeah, you heard me right. There’s nothing […]

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Life With The BlackBerry Pearl 8130

April 24th, 2008

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I’ve had my new BlackBerry 8130 for about a week now and I must say, while there are some cons over pros on this little device, it’s really rock-solid and stable. Gone are the days of random freezes and crashes like Treo’s and PocketPC’s in the past. I was actually able to leave a wide […]

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Jack Sparrow’s Cell Phone

April 14th, 2008

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So, last week I canned my Treo 700p and picked up a new BlackBerry 8130 (Pearl) off eBay for $250 and I must say, it works really well and will work even better when I upgrade it to OS 4.5. I’m still trying to rack my brain and remember the names of all the cool […]

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The Sunshine State? Yeah, right…

April 7th, 2008

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My Wife and I planned to spend our hard-earned weekend lounging around in Sea World’s latest water park called Aquatica which opened just last month. It boasts two of the largest lazy rivers around and is packed with new rides and and gigantic wave pools hugging 80,000 square feet of sandy beach. Sounds like the […]

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Death To My Hackintosh

April 5th, 2008

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Well, it appears I’m going to be using Microsoft Vista for a little while. Yesterday, my Hackintosh started to freeze up every couple of hours. After further investigation I realized that my USB ports, among other things, were failing on the motherboard. Serves me right for going sub-bargain-basement. I’m going to give my Mac hacking […]

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