Category Technology

Patently Silly

The US Patent Office is a heinously inefficient bureaucracy that is overworked, underpaid and, in many cases, underinformed. They’re figuratively swamped with numerous idiotic patent requests as well as legitimate ones. Patently Silly takes the opportunity offered by this situation…

Egads!

Headline says it all: Laptop Computers May Affect Male Fertility. So, all you pajamabloggers might want to set down the Mountain Dew, step away from the laptop and strip off your briefs, just in case. Just a thought.

Best. Reverse. 419 Scam. Ever.

It is to laugh: Prince Joe Eboh. Not sure what a “419 scam” is? If you have an email address, you’ve probably gotten one, promising you vast untold wealth if only you’d be so kind as to forward your bank…

Fedora Core 3 LiveCD

Too cool. Linux4all has released a “LiveCD” running Fedora Core 3. This will allow you to test out Fedora without actually installing anything on your computer’s hard drive and places Fedora amongst the ranks of Knoppix/Gnoppix, Gentoo, and Mandrake as…

Penny Arcade Crew Answers Some Q’s

Tycho and Gabe of Penny Arcade fame answered some questions submitted by Slashdot readers the other day. Surprisingly free of profanity, it actually makes an interesting read. The comments, on the other hand… If care about web comics, video games,…

The Revolution Continues

LaShawn Barber (whose site you should be reading regularly) has finally made the jump from IE to Firefox and is loving every minute of it. And it’s true, Adblock rocks. UPDATE: Via this Slashdot story, worldwide IE usage has slipped…

Firefox 1.0

Firefox 1.0 was officially released today and, while the download servers seem to be a bit swamped at the moment, you should grab and install it as soon as humanly possible, if you know what’s good for you. Firefox has…