Technology

Wow, I do remember this bit of nostaligia (notching floppy disks to create double density disks)! I don’t think I actually owned one, and I think I actually came into the computer world a little bit later than it was needed. I definately remember having to decide which to buy. I remember having to decide […]

Looking at some software to use for digital image organization and found that ThumbsPlus has a unique way of giving users a free demo. Instead of downloading a crippleware/expireware demo version (which you could probably get a serial# to unlock in about 30s if you know where to look), the demo version of the software

While watching a couple of the Longhorn Concept Videos showing off some of the new capabilities of Microsofts next-gen operating system I was quite impressed. Some of the demos had a bit more eye candy that I thought was really reasonable in an app, and the desktop environment looked pretty much like XP with a

Finally got around to installing the hard drive coolers that Fred was kind enough to get me and Cat5 was kind enough to drop off last week. After a little scare the other day when this server suddenly shut itself down and wouldn’t boot up without some coaxing (it seemed to freeze when doing stuff

Most everyone is talking about the new iTunes upgrade (4.5) and how cool it is. It does have some nifty stuff, but I do still have some bitches about stuff. I’ll list below.

Oh happy day! In a random search I came up with this page and then this one, which tell how to get the Thunderbird E-Mail client to poll all folders for new mail, not just the current. This was my one hang up about using it full time as an email client instead of mutt

Funky, I’m now wireless, at least for the weekend. $othercoder lent me his access point to go along with the Airport card for my Powerbook for the weekend. I’m on the couch, no wires, nothing, surfing and updating. Very cool, though two rooms away I’m only getting 2/5 bars. Handy as well since the long

So I saw a note about a 10.3.3 update for MacOS X over at neurobashing and decided to check it out. My daily software update check hadn’t run yet, so I ran it manually and saw that yes, indeed there was a OS update available. Reading the notes on what was changed and new, I

I have my windows box back today, but no new video card (too much to hope for I guess). I got a call today around 4pm from the tech at the shop saying “uhmm.. you have a linux OS installed on this box”. “No,” says I, “I have a Linux boot CD in the CD

Once again the hardware mojo is plauging me. My nice, fast, expensive and awsome video card (ATI 9800 PRO) is giving me grief. It started out as some odd patches of (and I don’t know how to describe it better than this) wackiness when in 3D mode but has no progressed to full system lockups.