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February 4th, 2010
I take note of the headphones that people are wearing while they are listening to music while riding public transit. For the most part I do not judge people based on the headphones they are using, though I admit that I often confirm my judgements based on them. Occasionally I am surprised by the [...] January 31st, 2010
Have you ever noticed a tendency for Windows application developers to assume that their software is the One True Reason that you have a computer? It puts an icon on your desktop, in your quick launch bar, at the top of the Start menu, and in a new program group in the Programs folder. [...] January 28th, 2010
If you are reading this on the Internet then you must know what the iPad is. Sure, there’s lots that could be written on that topic but really I’d like to write about mobile data. We all have mobile phones, and almost all of them these days have data service. A lot of us [...] June 18th, 2009
This week marks two big events for Apple’s iPhone: the release of iPhone OS 3.0, and the release of the iPhone 3GS. While both are exciting in their own regards I think the iPhone OS 3.0 software is the more exciting of the two. With iPhone OS 3.0 Apple has finally helped iPhone live [...] June 13th, 2009
Have you ever added cover art to a song using Windows Media Player? How about multiple files at the same time? Give it a try. I had the misfortune of having to do this yesterday. Windows Media Player has this smart functionality built in that will allow you to update metadata, including cover art, [...] June 11th, 2009
At work I use the Mozilla Firefox web browser with the Flashblock add-on. This wonderful add-on will prevent flash objects from loading on a page, but still allow you to click the object to load the flash. This is wonderful for blocking those ridiculous flash adverts that consume more resources than the page you [...] June 8th, 2009
Prepare for a little bit of geek-talk. I’ve been thinking a lot about backups lately. I have regular backups, but not of all of my data. What’s worse is that the data that isn’t regularly backed up is the data that would be the most difficult to replace. Currently my only personal computer is [...] February 8th, 2009
“I feel like I look ten years younger.” It’s not me saying this–it’s my web log. Some of my eldest readers might remember a time when I was using bBlog to publish my web log, using the default theme. Eventually I found a theme very similar to the theme I use today, only with [...] |
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