Jeremy’s post about a new sub-title reminded me that I had a post all written up about the same thing that I haven’t published yet. So I thought this would be a good time. Every once in a while I think of a few more subtitles for my blog. What the hell is this thing …
I signed up for Ameritrade a few weeks ago and got a free Tungsten T3 with the deal. It’s a pretty sweet PDA, worth $400. I ended up giving it to Anne to replace her aging m505. With a fast processor, big 320×480 color screen and bluetooth, it’s pretty nice. She’s definitely the most high-tech …
–This message was sent through the Geocaching.com web site– Just wanted to share a funny story about you that you don’t know. I live in Los Gatos across the street from the cemetary and noticed you looking for the “Travel Bug Pergatory” cache. At the time, I had no idea what geocaching was, or what …
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On my flight to Maryland last weekend, looking down over all that land, one thought came to mind – we have room for a lot more garbage. But why should we spew our garbage over thr rockies, when it can be a moneymaking proposition? Sunnyvale has their old dump next to the bay. It’s now …
I ordered my Garmin GPSMap 60cs on Friday. Hooray! I had planned to wait until my birthday, but I’m getting some unexpected money from some website design I’ve been doing, which will more than cover the cost, so I decided to be a good American and spend it. Another thing that piqued my interest was …
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.