Blogs Turn 10!
“ Some of your friends may still be hardpressed to describe what one is, and you may well be feeling guilty about not updating your own often enough – but hang out the bunting because blogging is now...
View ArticleJust a headsup
For people who use computers alot….and their computers that don’t have batteries…or external drives…either make sure you have a nice trusty ups, or some pretty reliable power service Here i was…burning...
View ArticleBusiness 2.0, king of the “backup reminder” looses issue layout due to. ....
. . . Although I don’t backup everything on my computer, I do keep a backup of all my important files – mainly music and photos at the moment. (I was going to get another internal drive, but found an...
View ArticleSummer PSA : Hard drives and Air Conditioners Don’t Mix
. Okay, I guess the title of this is a little odd….I don’t know anyone who’s ever tried to use their computer tower to support an air conditioner, or anyone who’s ever tried to air condition a hard...
View ArticleThe Gadget Bill of Lights
Okay, funny headline, serious idea. Mike Elgan of Computerworld.com has written a very good bill of lights for gadget makers, proposing that they stop putting LEDs and other “cool” lights into our tech...
View ArticlePSA : Blogathon 2007
Okay, time to link to something different for a post. . . (it’s been a while since we had a real PSA) Its almost time for the Blogathon 2007. The idea behind the blogathon is a 24-hr marathon...
View ArticleNaps May Help Boost Memory
Although not exactly a computer tech post, I think this is at least just as important, if not more so Besides, a computer is only as good as the commands and programs that the end users tries to run on...
View ArticlePSA : Wear Your Seatbelt!
I’m not going to list reasons why you should wear your seatbelt.I’m simply going to show you what happens when you DON’T wear your seatbelt. If you’d like to have an impression of your face on the...
View ArticlePhorm
For those of our readers in England, heres a post for you guys. Firstly, before we start, if you’ve been reading this blog all this time, we apologize for spelling words in the US way, although some of...
View ArticleMicrosoft says Safari on Windows isn’t safe
“The Windows version of Safari has a bug that’s been dubbed the “carpetbombing” flaw. It would allow a Web site to place an infinite number ofshortcuts on a user’s desktop — the default download...
View ArticleZac Web Browser for Austistic Children
John LsSieur had trouble finding good software and computer programs for his autistic grandson, Zac. Using a computer (and the internet) was just too fustrating. Zach threw the mouse in fustration. So...
View ArticleInteresting Tip for the Summer
Kind of out of the range of this blog, but then again, nothing is out of range! *plans a post on the complex math behind string theory*but, anyways…apparently, a lot of fans can turn both...
View ArticleWeather Reports
You know, sometimes the weather report is just too much. You really don’t need to know that theres a 39.8% chance of rain with a standard deviation of 2, that the relative humidity is going to be 60%,...
View ArticleSweet Dreams…
If you live with several people or in close proximity, such as dorms, apartments, etc, you generally will encounter at some point in time the problem of someone being loud when your trying to go to...
View ArticleWEP Cracking
So, in the interest of those of us who are poor college students and cannot afford good interwebs, or those of us who just moved into a new apartment and can’t get that internet up in time….Here are...
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