Midcoast Mobile Repair

09/01/2026

Gave a regular customer free advice over the phone yesterday that solved her problem. She took it upon herself to come in later that day to give me a tip.

I love my customers.

08/27/2026

My monthly visit to channel 5 news. This month I talk about back to school tech considerations. 

08/19/2026

Today's Daily Cartoon, by Jon Adams.

08/06/2026

Today's office experience features the smell of chicken soup and the sounds of Michael Jackson.

The chicken which provides meat for the soup and substance for the broth was acquired from Open Field Farm in Brooks. Check them out for orders on meat that's raised thoughtfully.

I was 10-years-old when Michael Jackson took the world by storm with the Thriller album. I had a white glove with glued-on sequence.

And yes, I think Micheal Jackson "did it".

And by "did it" I mean enjoyed chicken soup.

07/30/2026

https://www.wabi.tv/video/2026/07/30/mobile-minute-do-you-know-importance-passwords/?fbclid=IwdGRjcATYOFlwZG9mBWZkaWQWULgr_OunXh3Wo1u0i-6f3H9byZFoMGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR4OvKteCS-KOMc-FF5PLVxXy41hmzj1aTz29ZLP9o2LCsHd3fBhrPOSslbgpA_aem_6mB38QfFggqBlsLxQKiVfg

WABI TV5 News at 4

07/30/2026

Today on my tech TV spot, I talked about the five passwords or logins you really do not want to lose:

1. Email
2. Apple ID or Google account
3. Phone or computer passcode
4. Facebook or other social media
5. Banking, Amazon, PayPal, or other financial/shopping accounts

The worst time to figure these out is after your phone breaks, your computer dies, or an account gets locked.

A little preparation now can save a lot of stress later.

07/14/2026

“Screen-time panics typically position children as being without agency, completely at the mercy of evil tech companies that adults must intervene to defend against,” Charlie Warzel wrote in 2025. “But a version of the problem exists on the opposite side of the age spectrum, too.” https://theatln.tc/XULeYFN2

Over the past year, Warzel has heard from people about their screen-hooked elders. “I am constantly begging my mom to put her phone down, every time I see her she is just mindlessly scrolling. I swear her attention span is GONE,” one person wrote. Another described a parent as “playing Candy Crush for hours while the grandkids fight for a spot on her lap.”

Older people really are spending more time online, according to various research.
But usage surveys do not capture the nuance of a person’s relationship with their device, Warzel writes.

“There is just a fundamental error in the way we think about older adults, where we classify everyone 65 and over as this one kind of block,” Ipsit Vahia, the chief of geriatric psychiatry at Mass General Brigham’s McLean Hospital and the director of its Technology and Aging Laboratory, told Warzel. And online habits that might be concerning for young or middle-aged people ought to be considered differently for older generations, Vahia suggests: “High technology use in teenagers and adolescents is often associated with worse mental health and is a predictor of sort of more isolation and loneliness, even depression,” he told Warzel, but the opposite has been found for older adults.

Among younger people, some projection is happening regarding their fears about their elders’ technology use. “The anxieties I heard from people who reached out to me—the anxiety I myself have felt—seem rooted in our own tortured relationships with our devices,” Warzel continues at the link. “Many of us are constantly concerned about what we’re consuming, how much we’re scrolling, and the subtle ways we’re all being pushed, prodded, and manipulated online. And we map our individual worries onto others, fair or not.”

🎨: Paul Spella / The Atlantic

07/04/2026

Please engage with this obligatory holiday post. 🇺🇸

07/02/2026

Due to the severely high temperatures on Thursday and Friday we have chosen to give our employees the day off. 🥵

However, being that we have no employees, that will not change anything.

I (Chris)🙎🏻‍♂️will be here during my regular operating hours.

I have a fan. 🆒