NYT Technology Guru David Pogue is My Hero!

So, today he’s all about C.E.S. 2012 and gadgetry. His wry delivery is a touch shy of biting sarcasm. He is my go-to-guy when I research new technology — whether for purchasing the iPhone 4S (Siri and I are working on our relationship) or heading off for my own version of Alice’s Adventures in All-Things-New-Wonderland.

And, now for the non-sequitur (except it does relate to smartphones and home security). Low-tech Lulu (Tallulah) is my home security and smart monitor in the form of 80+ pounds of White German Shepherd. She alerts me when there’s a possum on the porch, when the tea kettle whistles, when the washing machine goes into the spin cycle . . . and when Rainbow (the long-hair calico mischief-making cat) is taunting her, swatting her tail with a paw and leaping to safety typically on my laptop’s keyboard.

Lulu’s security modes range from her very annoying escalating WHINE to the big nose NUDGE to move my hand off the laptop when I’m writing a press release to the BARK that cannot be ignored when someone knocks on the front door or when she decides it’s time for me to get up (and it might be 4:00 A.M. unfortunately.)

I love Lulu, my new iPhone 4S, my life in Fairhope and David Pogue!