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I'm a geek to the core, and have been using computers just about all of my life. I started teaching myself BASIC programming at the age of nine. Then at sixteen I found another technology guru to spend my life with, and it was all downhill from there.

stylish design	Tue 05/06/2008 8:58 PM
Design is very much a matter of personal taste, and just because one designer thinks things should be done a certain way does not mean that's the only way to do it. And I would highly recommend that before he preaches a "rule" of design, he double checks whether it's something he does himself... 0 comments/trackbacks
iphone acquired	Mon 05/05/2008 5:38 PM
AT&T has told me that the switch-over should take place next Monday. I was actually a little bit surprised that they didn't assign a temporary number just so I could receive calls in the meantime... 0 comments/trackbacks
social reunion	Fri 04/25/2008 7:49 PM
I've found a lot of my old high school classmates recently, thanks mostly to Facebook. And that makes getting to those reunions seem a lot less important... 3 comments/trackbacks
gimpy geek	Wed 04/23/2008 8:06 PM
Does anyone actually get a list of locations upon entering your zip code? Or does everyone just get sent to the contact form? And if anyone has occasion to actually use their services, I'd love to hear about your experience... 0 comments/trackbacks
inky interests	Sat 04/19/2008 6:50 PM
We're far better off continuing to buy our cartridges one set at a time from our office supply chain of choice. Never mind the fact that I have some strong opinions on the quality of generic inks and what they do to your printer... 0 comments/trackbacks
transplant tackle	Tue 01/08/2008 9:23 PM
A little over an hour and it was done. So again, seems a little strange that a plain no-frills file manager had no trouble copying what a drive imaging product could not, but I just don't know where the fault really lies... 0 comments/trackbacks
trading traffic	Mon 12/03/2007 3:53 PM
How many of those visitors will become regular readers is anybody's guess. But at least people who are interested in the topics I'm writing about are seeing those entries... 3 comments/trackbacks
viewer abuse	Tue 08/21/2007 7:49 PM
So back to my point. Internet advertisers these days only pay for action. Viewers who actually click through to the advertiser's site, and maybe a bit more for those that result in a sale... 4 comments/trackbacks
compulsory consumption	Thu 05/24/2007 3:32 PM
Look, there are other things you have to do to earn consumers' trust and loyalty besides just having the superior product. And I'm pretty sure that threatening them with legal action is not one of those things... 0 comments/trackbacks
technology news 1/26-2/1	Thu 02/01/2007 3:48 PM
The company isn't saying how they managed this one, but units manufactured during a one-week period back in October were shipped infected with the Backdoor.Win32.Small.lo virus, which will attempt to install other malware on any Windows-based PC the unit is connected to... 0 comments/trackbacks
technology news 1/19-1/25	Thu 01/25/2007 1:55 PM
If you think you've been getting a lot more spam lately, you're right. The reason is the "Storm" worm, the spammers' latest weapon to make their spam go out more efficiently and make themselves harder to catch... 0 comments/trackbacks
i heart google	Mon 01/22/2007 4:44 PM
Well, I'm sorry, but I have never seen any actions from Google that would give me any reason to doubt their commitment to remaining a socially and morally responsible company. 0 comments/trackbacks
support with a smiley	Sun 01/21/2007 3:06 PM
Dan not only updated the plugin to sort the icons alphabetically just for me, he also helped me troubleshoot a separate problem where the plugin stopped working altogether after a Movable Type upgrade yesterday... 0 comments/trackbacks
tech thursday	Thu 01/18/2007 12:31 PM
Dubbed "multitouch" screens, these screens react to different gestures and even let you use more than one finger - or hand - at a time... 0 comments/trackbacks
geek meme	Mon 01/15/2007 12:46 PM
I, on the other hand, have panic attacks when I think about how much of my life is stored on my hard drives and the prospect of losing it all, plus the work involved in tweaking everything just the way I like it again... 0 comments/trackbacks
another one caught	Tue 01/09/2007 9:35 AM
Yes, the site is intended to connect users with health-related advertisers (through legitimate, opt-in mailings), but somehow I don't think fixed rate mortgages from people who can't spell really fall into that category... 0 comments/trackbacks
spam forgery	Sun 12/24/2006 1:21 PM
Many people seem to think that a person would need to have my password in order to send e-mail from my address. This is not true at all... 0 comments/trackbacks
extension repair	Wed 12/06/2006 7:37 PM
While hunting for a way to add a restart button to Firefox I came across the Toolbar Buttons extension. The developer made a mistake in coding the version compatibility, which means that the existing version of Firefox refuses to install it... 2 comments/trackbacks
accessing headache	Thu 11/16/2006 1:50 PM
I spent all morning at work today trying to find a payroll discrepancy that wasn't there... 1 comments/trackbacks
no news is... boring	Tue 10/17/2006 11:41 AM
This is part of my efforts to keep the site fresh, with constantly updated content, without my having to put too much work into it (because we've all seen what happens - the site doesn't get updated for a year). 0 comments/trackbacks
the invites are plentiful	Thu 02/03/2005 1:04 PM
Maybe this means they're about to finally open the door to the public. Maybe I won some kind of invite lottery... 0 comments/trackbacks
broke and broken	Wed 12/15/2004 10:22 PM
So the choice was, spend $30-$40 on an add-on USB card and a PS/2 adapter for the keyboard, or go ahead and fork out the $100 for the new motherboard... 0 comments/trackbacks
alphabetical history	Fri 12/10/2004 4:39 PM
In your browser's address bar, type the letter "a" and make note of the first page that comes up in the autocomplete list... 1 comments/trackbacks
foot in mouth	Tue 12/07/2004 2:06 PM
Kudos to whoever thought this one up... 0 comments/trackbacks
future technology	Tue 12/07/2004 12:13 AM
"Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a 'home computer' could look like in the year 2004..." 1 comments/trackbacks
junk networks	Mon 11/29/2004 6:15 PM
I will never share any information I collect with anyone without their permission, and if I ever catch any of my advertisers doing so, they will not be my advertisers anymore... 0 comments/trackbacks
software I use	Thu 10/28/2004 3:02 PM
Neil left this out, but I wanted to mention I'm trying out a new program that combines NNTP news and RSS/Atom feeds into one application... 0 comments/trackbacks
a resolution solution	Fri 09/24/2004 2:46 PM
I normally run a refresh rate of 85 Hz on my desktop, because at 60 I get terrible flicker that makes me go cross-eyed and gives me a headache... 0 comments/trackbacks
informal review	Wed 09/22/2004 12:11 PM
The biggest issue for me right now is video card compatibility. My nVidia GeForce 4 MX 440 is on the list of compatible cards, but it turns out it's just barely compatible... 0 comments/trackbacks
shooting the messenger	Thu 06/24/2004 8:49 PM
Carly to Yahoo: Your Messenger client is a clunky, unstable piece of junk. 0 comments/trackbacks
on the road	Sun 01/18/2004 1:08 AM
I got this crazy idea that I wanted to figure out how I can write an article on my PDA while out "on the road", and have it post automatically when I sync up. So I set out to find... 0 comments/trackbacks
relocation	Thu 09/25/2003 1:43 PM
It's been a bumpy ride... you may have noticed some downtime, but it should be smooth sailing from here on out. 0 comments/trackbacks
noteworthy service	Thu 06/12/2003 9:39 PM
Once in a while I have an extremely good or bad experience with a company, and want to tell the world about it... 0 comments/trackbacks
the columbia is lost	Mon 02/03/2003 1:07 AM
I have heard some people say that "they don't need to be sending people to space." Some have said it's a waste of time and money, that "they were only studying spiders," (only one of approximately 80 scientific experiments conducted on the shuttle)... 0 comments/trackbacks
indecent disclosure	Thu 01/09/2003 10:43 AM
Beware of RebatesHQ, a company that processes mail-in rebates for many manufacturers of electronics and computer products. When you submit a rebate request to them, they offer the option of giving them your e-mail address in order to allow you... 0 comments/trackbacks

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