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Category Archives: Software
There are times I really hate computers
Like now. I have a machine set up in the basement that I use strictly for gaming. Its pretty much been a workhorse for me and I’ve never had any real issues with the box. Until recently. A few weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Software, Stuff, Weblog
Tagged A8N32-SLI Deluxe, AMD, ASUS, SP3, XP
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y2k9
I’m sure everyone remembers the massive hype the surrounded y2k and the potential compter problems because of the rollover to the year 2000. Not that the hype wasn’t needed, it was a real problem… we just didn’t see many problems … Continue reading
And in case you hadn’t noticed
The new Delicious site it up. related: Del.icio.us finally getting an upgrade?, Dilapidated Del.icio.us
Vista is selling really well
If you just ignore the obvious. Vista selling really well, says Ballmer “Vista sells on almost 100 per cent of all the new consumer PCs around the world,” the Microsoft CEO proclaimed. He added that the operating system was also … Continue reading
Theme update
It looks like crap now (well, crappier), but I’ve finally updated this ancient WordPress 1.5 theme to work with widgets in a dynamic sidebar (thus the crappy sidebar). Speaking of WordPress, if you’ve been putting up upgrading to version 2.5, … Continue reading
WordPress 2.5
I took all of 15 minutes (including download time) from my busy schedule today and upgraded the site to WordPress 2.5. The upgrade was, as usual, quick and painless. The new version is a pretty significant change behind the scenes … Continue reading
Dilapidated Del.icio.us
When Yahoo acquired del.icio.us a little over two years ago, I thought we could expected some pretty serious enhancements to the site. Instead it looks like Yahoo has been content to let del.icio.us just sit and rot. I haven’t noticed … Continue reading
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Cut off your family’s heads and put ‘em in a movie
If you haven’t seen JibJab’s new ‘sendables’ movies, you need to check them out. Select one of the movies listed under ‘starring you’ in the left hand column and get to work. You can paste up to 5 heads into … Continue reading
Save the American Eagles!
I was browsing through the limited software isle of the local Sam’s Club with one of my daughters this afternoon. We came across the game American Girl: Julie Saves the Eagles. Daughter is a bit interested in the American Girls … Continue reading
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Google Error. Yet again.
I was greeted with the Google ‘you’re denied because you look like a trojan/span/virus’ error message again this morning. Only this time I noticed something new. A captcha box has been added to the bottom of the message: It looks … Continue reading
Posted in Software, Tech News, Weblog
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Google Error. Again.
I log on this morning and find myself greeted by the Google error. Again. This is starting to get a bit annoying and it looks like I’m not the only one having this problem (that’s a link to search results … Continue reading
F*&%$##@ Ubuntu 7.10!
Yeah, yeah… I know I said I was done… but I just can’t let it go. Especially when dorks like Scott are posting screenshots. So I’ll do brief update on the machines I tried installing 7.10 on that I discussed … Continue reading
Posted in Idiocy, Software, Weblog
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Google Error. D’oh!
So I wander downstairs this morning start up my home office computer. Even through my pre-coffee haze I can notice something is not quite right. I was greeted with the following screen instead of the standard Google homepage: I cropped … Continue reading
The Linux fight
Last year I detailed a fight I had with the kids school (see the entries:Here we go again and I win for details). A teacher had sent the oldest daughter home with some computer homework that was Microsoft centric. You … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Software, Weblog
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Ubuntu 7.10
I’ve been hearing quite a bit of hype about the newest release of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibon). The hype includes comments such as “Ubuntu version 7.10, proves that Linux can compete with and, in some cases, trump Windows as an … Continue reading
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Vista is a joke
(but you probably already knew that) Vista “Out of Memory†errors You just can’t seem to throw enough memory at Vista. … The “Out of Memory†error … is one of the biggest and most baffling of Vista’s file handling … Continue reading
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No Microsoft, telnet won’t work.
Yesterday I mentioned a bit of a problem I was having installing a new piece of hardware. The message I complained about in that post was actually pretty minor compared to another problem I ran into. I was in the … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Idiocy, Software, Stuff
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 Update
I just recently allowed my Thunderbird installs to automatically download and install the latest update. I haven’t seen this talked about on the Mozilla forums yet, but ever since I upgraded my inbox has been completely flooded with spam messages. … Continue reading
Tor Revisited
Back in June of last year I posted an entry about the Tor software from the EFF. At the time, I wasn’t very impressed with Tor. It involved downloading a couple different packages from differet locations, a lot of config … Continue reading
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Windows server annoyances
I’ve had a Windows 2000 based server at work that has been acting up for the past few months. This box is our primary tape backup and firewall logging server. The system did its job, it had just become a … Continue reading
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