I’ve enjoyed paintballing the half-dozen or so times I’ve played, but it’s no secret that some players take it very, very seriously. Heck, it gets coverage on ESPN2 occasionally. However, those looking to take it to a whole other level…
Jeff over at the Shape of Days has discovered the “joys” of shopping provided by big name electronics stores (in this case, CompUSA). As regular readers will recall, I’ve had my own experiences with big box retailers, although not CompUSA…
What a fun work day today was! </sarcasm> It started off with a false virus alarm due to a bad .dat from NAI and then was followed by all manner of meetings and teleconferences regarding the recent failure of one…
Have you ever felt envious of Google’s primary colors-based logos? Well, fret no longer, as Logogle is the answer to your envy. Simply type in any string and voila! your text is rendered Google-style. (Yes, I know it’s relatively useless,…
Over the past few years, Cisco has willingly and knowingly participated in the suppression of free speech in mainland China via the so-called Great Firewall of China. While they are by no means alone in their cravenly actions (they are…
Today is System Administrator Appreciation Day – have you huggedpaid your SysAdmin? I tell you, as a SysAdmin, it’s mighty tempting to go all BOFH on people every once in a while, so buy us some cake every once in…
I’m not normally the cussing type, but today just about pushed my limits in terms of rational, reasoned responses using polite and gentrified language. Therefore, I would like to set forth a New Rule: Computer Operations Service Request Rule #4,862:…
mobiBlu DAH-1500: 1GB MP3 player with an FM tuner packed into 24x24x24mm (basically, 1 cubic inch) for $130. Boy, howdy, I’d love one of those…
After my solicitation for geeky advice, I’ve been recommended two products that look as though they may fit the bill: Text Wrangler and SubEthaEdit. I’m going to give both a try and I’ll report on my findings later.
Now a question for my technologically astute readers out there: is there a Mac equivalent to PSPad out there? Owen originally pointed me in the direction of PSPad and man, does it kick butt! The only problem is that it’s…
