Posted in Computing: General on November 26th, 2007 6 Comments »
The thought occurs to me that the device I first talked about in January has come about in terms of hardware: it's an iPhone (or an iPod Touch).
It's just missing the software.
I wonder if software of this variety will be possible as of February…
Posted in Computing: General on November 10th, 2007 13 Comments »
I currently have a Logitech MX-1000 mouse. It's a wireless laser mouse with, by my count, five buttons and a scroll wheel that can be pushed left, right, down (clicked), or scrolled up and down. That's approximately seven or eight "buttons" plus scroll wheel functionality.
The problem with this mouse is the same as the one [...]
Posted in Computing: General on October 16th, 2007 No Comments »
I'd never heard the song "Online" before but someone pointed it out on The Sand Trap forum. It's pretty funny.
That's all I have to say about that.
Posted in Computing: General on October 12th, 2007 2 Comments »
I tend to use my PayPal account as "petty cash." If I do a quickie job for someone that pays $100, I'll dump $50 of it to my bank account from PayPal and leave the rest there to pay for some software or some iTunes or other things like that.
I'd like to set up my [...]
Posted in Computing: General on October 2nd, 2007 4 Comments »
When was the last time you edited your browser cookies? Within the past week Within the past month Within the past year I've never edited them (or it was a long time ago) View Results
Just today I became frustrated with editing my cookies (I don't know why I bothered to look at the list) and just deleted them all en [...]
Posted in Computing: General on September 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
And here I thought I was just about done with MP3.
Then, along comes Amazon MP3, written up by John Gruber not once but twice.
I will certainly be checking Amazon before the iTMS store now. 256 kpbs MP3s probably sound about the same as 192 kpbs AAC, but the prices seem better and the selection of [...]
Posted in Computing: General on September 12th, 2007 5 Comments »
Seen at the YMCA earlier today on one of the large flat-panel displays they've got running:
At least half the time I'm there elements of Windows (usually an error message and/or update prompts) occupy the screen. This is the first time Apple's Windows software update has appeared. I didn't even know Apple had a Windows Software [...]
Posted in Computing: General on August 3rd, 2007 3 Comments »
The latest Safari 3 beta still can't remember the position of the scrollbars when you reload. Absolutely infuriating…
Posted in Computing: General on July 17th, 2007 1 Comment »
I don't mind when people on chat clients mark themselves as away when they're really there. I sometimes do this when I don't really want to be bothered but might still want to initiate a conversation or two.
I do mind when people are marked as available and yet aren't actually there at their computer. It's [...]
Posted in Computing: General on June 24th, 2007 6 Comments »
This song came up twice in a row in Party Shuffle mode. The exact same song (and the same file):
Erik is listening to "Everlasting Love" by Howard Jones from the album "Cross That Line" (1989). Erik has rated this song 4.0 stars and last played this song Sunday, June 24, 2007 9:05:42 pm.
I have over [...]
81 songs with three complete albums: $18.30.
Update: Why the hell didn't iTunes maintain my ratings and play counts for the new versions? I now have 81 unrated, unplayed songs that - in my opinion - shouldn't be unrated or unplayed.
Laurie McGuinness spoofs the Mac/PC ads. I'm always up for a good parody, but these are rather bad. Most of the ads seemingly exist just to poke fun at stereotypes.
In "Money," Mac is paid a dollar for graphic design work. In reality, graphic designers make a good bit of money and, last I heard, Mac [...]
Posted in Computing: General on April 18th, 2007 No Comments »
My friend Heinrich has posted information on the forgotten Vista wallpapers. Some are quite nice - the package is well worth a download.
Posted in Computing: General on April 4th, 2007 2 Comments »
Yeah, uh, this is not a very wise cron task:
/bin/rm /bin/rm /files/I/actually/wanted/to/delete
Stupid copy/paste. Needless to say, I now have a /bin/rm_backup file as well.
Posted in Computing: General on April 3rd, 2007 4 Comments »
I have an interview scheduled with someone later this week, and I will have to record a phone call. Prior to today, I thought I might just use Skype. At 2.1 cents/minute, it's not exactly expensive.
Still, I have some questions and concerns. Can a third person (on the Skype application) be conferenced in to the [...]