Strange AIM ‘Bots
So I recently got some new AOL buddies in a folder called “AIM Bots” ... which as far as I know of, I never asked for, and don’t know where they came from. A couple of them looked interesting … but this one in particular I couldn’t figure out what it was, so I figured, [...]
Mac users more secure?
So David Morgenstern over at eWeek has an opinion piece claiming that “PC users should forget their outrage and come to understand that life isn’t fair. The Mac platform is more secure than Windows and will continue to be so.” Just for fun, I’m not going to try to debate that. It’s absolutely true (as [...]
Starkly Esses
She sells sea shells by the sea shore. She sees someone slowly strolling, simply strolling by the seashore. She sees someone sighing, slowly strolling. Sighing sadly, he is strangely silent, slowly sidling down the sidewalk. Slowly strolling sadly by the sea shore. She steps softly somewhat closer, sees his eyes shift slightly toward her. In [...]
LeapFrog and PC childrens toys
I have a funny story about politically correct toys. Well, cautious toys, anyway. We got this “Word Whammer” from LeapFrog this week. They make these fridge toys that come with a bunch of letter magnets, and three slots that you can put the letters into. When you put a letter in, it reads it and [...]
The Random File: Canadian Mad Scientist
It’s been awhile since I posted something this unrelated to programming, gadgets, or my life, but I’m rather amused by the latest news about Canadian mad scientist Troy Hurtubise of Project Grizzly fame. This is the guy who tested his grizzly-proof suit by jumping in front of a 5-ton pickup truck going 30 miles an [...]
IE7 will be a “high priority” update
I hadn’t seen the news anywhere that Internet Explorer 7 was going to be delivered as a high priority update, thus automatically installing it for the large percentage of the populace that uses automatic updates… in fact, the first hint I had was when the Internet Explorer 7 Blocker Toolkit showed up on my Microsoft [...]
Kyle gets his house
Normally, I don’t indulge in linking to other people’s blogs just because they’re interesting … but I’m making an exception for Kyle MacDonald, because he recently completed his quest to trade one red paperclip for a house. Yep, you read that right. He started with a red paperclip, and bartered his way through a doorknob, [...]
Why not PDFs?
Adobe Acrobat’s Portable Document Format (PDF) is a great file format primarily because it allows documents formatted for printing to be sent electronically in a format that is viewable on nearly all operating systems. This includes things like formatted mathematical formulas, inline images with text wrapped around them, page-based layout, columns and all the niceties [...]
Talk Like a Pirate Today. Aaarrh!
That’s right matey, it’s done rolled around to Sept the 19th again, and shiver me timbers if that doesn’t mean it’s time to talk like a Pirate before I blast your scurvy hide out of the water … arrrr!
An arm and a leg for gas!
Well, gas prices keep getting higher … but this is ridiculous