From the archive

January 2003

100 posts

Editors Back

Well I am back in Hawaii and enjoying a day off. If I get some time this afternoon I will post some tidbits that flooded my inbox over the last couple of days later today.

Editor On the Move

Ok Folks I am on the move and will be away from the site for the next 36+ hours. I am headed home and looking forward to spending some time with the family. Let's hope the airline food is better than last time but I am not very confident.

A Tool I have been Waiting for

There are many times when I have a thought blast thru my head I need to write it down now or loose it forever. Up to this point I have had to update this site while being online. For the first time I am writing a post while being offline and will upload it to the site when I have

Virtual Keyboards

Imagine being able to type into your PDA/Laptop as easily as tapping your finger on your desk! Four companies are developing virtual keyboards. The market should be huge as they will have significant uses in a great deal of use scenarios where it is not practical to have a keyboard. I am going to be watching these closely as they

Cool Tool that will make you Smile!

General Electric has a very cool web page that I guarantee you will spend at least 5 minutes messing around with what they have there. After your done let your kids mess with it. [General Electric]

Pocket PC Game Choices

I have a IPAQ 3955 Pocket PC having upgraded from a Palm. I used to play Tetris while sitting around in airports with the Palm but have become the Solitaire addict with the IPAQ when I have a few minutes to spare. Which is weird as I have never been a gamer and I have found if I play to

RIAA wins battle to ID Kazaa user

In what I consider a assault to your privacy the RIAA test case has won a major ruling that it will be able to go after individual consumers. In a ruling yesterday Verizon will have to give up the name of a Kazaa user on there network! This is dangerous ground in which you could find yourself in court facing

You want to save money check this out!

One of my major goals with this site is to save you money. Click the link and you will find great deals on all kinds of stuff. [www.morestuff4less.com]

Kevin Mitnick to be on TechTV

One of the world's most famous hackers Kevin Mitnick is going to be a guest on Tech TV this week and he will be logging onto the net for the first time in a very long time. He will probably be hired by a firm doing security work. [LA Times]

Power Blinks and your dishwasher OS Crashes

Many hardware components that we have in our homes and the cars we are driving have micro processors in them. Creeps me out a bit lets hope the code is more stable than what is currently running on our desktops. Seems dish-washing machines are requiring a software re-load when they get hit by a power spike.. I would hate to

Windows XP Tricks and Tips

A site I have found that contains a great deal of information on Windows XP. A lot of effort has went into building this site up. [www.tipsdr.com]

Wired Nails Article “DMCA: Ma Bell Would Be Proud”

This article by Wired hits the nail on the head. If you take the time to read the article in full you will understand my following comment. I have a friend who bought a Lexmark printer. He had consulted me before purchasing it and asked me what I thought. I told him hey nice printers but the cost of the

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