TechnoTrash
So Close To Being Smart
I was really interested when I heard that it may have been a University of Tennessee student, David Kernell, Â who was clever enough to “hack” into Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! mail account. But then there’s this… The hacker guessed that Alaska’s governor had met her husband in high school, and knew the Republican vice presidential candidate’s [...]
Chrome is Like QuickSilver So Far
Just downloaded Google’s new browser, Chrome. Â Wow. Â Super fast. Â I can’t even type fast enough to keep up. Â The only review I can give right now is “fast”. Â Hopefully I’ll get some time later to give it a more thorough test drive. Â Check back for updates.
Email, Blogging, and Twitter Explained
SVD is documenting his forays into these mediums (where else) on his blog. All of these things mean so many different things to different people. Here’s how I like to describe them… When I send you an email, it’s the equivalent of me inviting you over to the house for a cup of coffee. We’re [...]
Is There a Pro-Technology Candidate Out There?
CNET has a pretty interesting article on Joe Biden’s less than stellar record on technology: By choosing Joe Biden as their vice presidential candidate, the Democrats have selected a politician with a mixed record on technology who has spent most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders, who ranks toward the [...]
First They Came For The Chemists…
A retired Massachusetts chemist had his home raided (without a warrant of course) and his property stolen by authorities. Why? Experiments. That’s right. He was doing experiments. Deeb is not accused of making methamphetamine or other illegal drugs. He’s not accused of aiding terrorists, synthesizing explosives, nor even of making illegal fireworks. … Pamela Wilderman, [...]
iAm iStupid
That’s what this iPhone application should have been called. I Am Rich was available for purchase from the phone’s App Store for, get this, $999.99 — the highest amount a developer can charge through the digital retailer, said Armin Heinrich, the program’s developer. Once downloaded, it doesn’t do much — a red icon sits on [...]
I Would LOVE to RTFM
So I’m working on a project for my job job (I’m not quite able to support a family on blogging–yet), and have been wrestling with a biggish enterprise software package. As you’d expect, there’s quite a bit of convolution to it–things like hundreds of database tables with nondescript names like T001, T0043, H3222, etc. (Was [...]
Thinking Games Useful For Corporations
Most video games hold my attention for about 3 hours. That’s not 3 hours at a time, that’s 3 hours total. The one exception is strategy games, which I can play into the wee hours of the night. Civilization is my all-time favorite, mostly because it absolutely destroys me, but there are several other “thinking” [...]
DING! I’m IM’ing You Regarding My Text Message
I’m a big fan of “pull” type communications like RSS and Twitter. I call them “pull” because I have total control over when and how I get information–nothing is ever pushed onto me. While they aren’t always productive, they are seldom interruptive. Interruptive technologies like IM and email with a little “ding” or popup are [...]
LaCie’s 2Big Network Accessible Storage
Over the last few years I’ve recommended external USB drives to friends as a way to backup the photos, video, and music they store on their PCs. It’s a really cheap and easy way to back everything up, and it served me really well for quite a while. However, I eventually outgrew this solution, and [...]
