As the resident “computer guy”, I’m asked for advice on fixing computer problems all the time. I get queries from friends, family, acquaintances and occasionally random people I’ve just met. Usually the questions are pretty vague and it’s often difficult to figure out exactly what the problem is so I spend a lot of time …
Damn, that’s funny.
A team of volunteers launched a rocket up 77 miles above earth last week. Very cool. Who needs NASA?
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about why I find Geocaching so compelling. There hasn’t been many things in my life that have caused such a difference in what I do in my spare time. There are some things that’s I’ve stopped doing entirely and others that I do much less – like sleeping. Weeknights …
“Somebody would have to be sitting near your network to do this. And they’d have to hate you.” – Mani Dhillon, product marketing manager at Linksys, talking the real probability of a hacker breaking into your wireless network I guess that’s a good reason not to play your music too loud.
Something that’s bothered me for a long time is how we get to stuff on the internet – URLs. Let’s look at a common example. Say I want to go to Yahoo. I go to my browser’s address bar and type this: http://www.yahoo.com Now let’s break that up into its components: http – a web …
Anne and I have recently discovered that we’ve developed supernatural powers. Me, I have the amazing ability to generate vast amount of static electricity. I’m able to zap people and occasionally make computers reboot just by touching them. Like all superpowers, its power is also a curse. I’ve become afraid to close car doors because …
“Turn it OFF. This affects ALL of us!” – Guy in front of me on a plane, freaking out that some other guy had a cell phone powered on just before landing.
Two very odd but cool things I discovered tonight: Vibrated shear thickening fluids Peep Jousting Isn’t physics fun?
Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about immigration and how immigrants are stealing American jobs, particularly high-tech ones. Wired recently published an article about how Indian workers are replacing American workers at lower wages and other “the sky is falling” logic to make us panic. Phooey. Check out this recent Business 2.0 article which includes …