Category: Computers


  • Robert Orben – “To err is human–and to blame it on a computer is even more so.”

  • Since so many academically minded individuals read this blog, I thought some of you might be interested in this web service called CiteULike. The idea is to bookmark the academic journal articles you visit and get the reference information more easily. Having gotten out of the academic research game, I really do not know whether…

  • I learned about Friendster’s new blogs through an article at The Social Software Weblog. It gave me a reason to look at Friendster again. I have not gotten any friend requests or other messages so it kind of fell off my radar.

  • The things virus writers put to get people to infect thier computers… You think it’s funny? You are stupid idiot!!! I’ll send the attachment to your ISP and then I’ll be watching how you will go to jail, punk!!! Can ya dig it?

  • Got an email with an attachment name “file.pif” which classically indicates a virus, right? The body of the message? Are you a spammer? (I found your email on a spammer website!?!?) It is stuff like this that makes me feel sorry for the people at work who have to answer questions about technical problems. I…

  • HTML-Kit – HomeSite on the Cheap GIMP – another Photoshop on the Cheap OpenOffice – Micrososft Office on the Cheap PhotoFilter – Photoshop on the Cheap vim – SuperNotepad [Listening to: Soulshaker – Max Linen – Club Nation 2001 (Disc 1) (3:44)]

  • Do not download music files: Does your computer seem to be running slower than usual? Well, if you’ve downloaded any music, movie clips, or games in the past 2 months, then your computer may be infected with “AdWare” and “SpyWare”! Advertisers use downloadable music as a vehicle to “legally” add “SpyWare” and “AdWare” to consumer…

  • I have installed an interesting application – BlogJet. It’s a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” — Pablo Picasso

  • Pretzels or hotdogs? Gentleman, welcome to Google Fight.