Picnics in Paris

We just returned from a week’s vacation in Paris.  We rented a small studio apartment and thus ate out only for special occasions.  In the meantime we dined lavishly every meal on delights from boulangeries, charcuterie, cheese shops, wine stores, farmer’s markets, etc.  I’ve posted some pictures here.

Postbot is cool!

Postbot is an app for posting to wordpress from a Google Android phone. I am using it for this post. Hopefully I can post about books I want to recommend more easily this way, without firing up a computer…

Grandstream Budgetone 201 VOIP Phone Setup

I’ve set up a VOIP phone — it just plugs into ethernet.  Gives me a real telephone with zero monthly cost, a real phone number in my area code, and zero cost for receiving and making calls (via Google Voice).  This phone costs $49 at Amazon, and works great with gizmo and Google Voice.  Seems very reliable and has good audio quality.  Here are the settings that work for me, so other people can get going easily — should take about 5 minutes to get everything set up!  Hope this helps you…