That’s not a sarcastic “nice,” or an uninterested “nice,” that’s high-praise “niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!” I just happened to be up late last night and logged on to my blog’s admin interface, only to see that WordPress 2.7 had been released. Who-hoo! I love new versions, especially of free software. I love the way people put their heart… Continue reading WordPress 2.7 – Nice
Category: tech
They Still Don’t Make ’em Like They Used To
Long-time readers will recall that slightly less than a year ago I finally replaced my venerable old Netgear RT314 router with a newer Netgear WGR614 v7 router. Ever since then, I’ve been battling with an intermittent problem – the worst kind to debug. At seemingly random intervals, the router would reset itself – dropping my… Continue reading They Still Don’t Make ’em Like They Used To
Latest Camera Gear Addition
The latest addition to my camera gear collection has finally arrived – a circular polarizing filter! Yay! And here it is, in all its glory. Almost makes my little (well, medium-sized) camera look like one of those big honkin’ DSLR cameras! Maybe now I can get the “big lens” effect – where people just “assume”… Continue reading Latest Camera Gear Addition
Holiday Spam Tricks
There was a brief period about a week ago where the amount of spam I was receiving (in the multiple unrelated email addresses I have) suddenly dropped. Yay! But, alas, the spam has come back – with a vengance. One in particular that seems to be slithering by most spam filters at the moment is… Continue reading Holiday Spam Tricks
Don’t Reboot – Just Logoff
A while ago I wrote about how Windows still works just fine for me, and I wanted to follow up on that. Today I was having some problems opening new windows – from any program. Being a programmer myself and knowing a thing or two about how Windows works on the inside, I suspected that… Continue reading Don’t Reboot – Just Logoff