From the archive

February 2003

95 posts

Dell Dude Busted

As if this comes a big surprise seems Dell's star advertisement boy got himself cuffed and stuffed on a Marijuana Charge. [TheSmokingGun.Com]

Rush Rush Rush

You would think that as much time as I spend on the road I would not have to rush to get last minute packing done. With my schedule and the various places I have to go I have to pack for all contingencies. Anyway I will be on a Jet plane in a few hours but wanted to get some

WorkSpot

This is a very cool site that allows you to have a full Linux/GNU graphical desktop. There goal is have the world learn Linux, and GNU. I like it because there can be times when I could have used a shell account on a server to do some work on a sick site. This may or may not fit the

Search Engine Information

Every webmaster wants to have his site at the top of the search engine charts and a lot of sites go out of there way to claim they have the best formula. It is virtually impossible to stay up to speed on what the top search engines want. In the past I have spent hours reading these sites with mixed

DVD X Copy

PC Magazine has a pretty good review of DVD X Copy. I had purchased a copy of this software several days after it's release. The article sums up pretty much my personal experience with the software. As the MPAA continues to try and block consumers from copying DVD's we need to support companies such as 321 Studios who are brave

Wi-Fi security and the stark realities

My wife was not real happy about me going wireless. But now instead of being in the office I can be out in the living room with everyone on the laptop. This allows me to complete some work that needs to be wrapped up. But being I have a pretty significant network behind my main firewall the Wi-Fi device has

Boardwatch Magazine Sold Again

Before many of you knew anything about the Internet there was a on-line community that dialed into community Bulletin Board Systems. A little history review is needed before I go into the above headline. I initially launched my dial-up BBS in 1987 it ran on a Commodore Colt with a 8088 processor with a 47 meg RLL hard drive. It

Conexion by Boeing

I have been lucky enough to see this airborne Internet service in action personally. Boeing has a winner on it's hands an I can't wait till all American carriers have the service available. [Cnet]

Use a public computer at your own risk

Imagine this you are on travel you need some quick Internet access and you sit down at a public access terminal in the process you need to transfer some money from the bank. But as you do this little do you know someone has key logging software installed on the machine you are using. Is this type of activity happening.

Letters

Think your a pretty good at typing check this neat on-line game on this site. [hannu.daug.net]

Is the Floppy drive instinct

Dell has decided to no longer offer floppy drives with there dimension line. I applaud this move and hope they use the recovered space to good use. [Yahoo]

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