It seems like you can’t throw a stone these days without hitting some mention of Twitter. Everyone seems to be using it – and I admit, the idea seems sound. I hear a lot of people say that it’s replaced Instant Messaging for them. So, after dragging my feet for this long… I finally joined… Continue reading OK, OK, I’ll join Twitter!
Category: tech
New Toys Coming Soon
For those that are keeping track, we’re coming up on my 30th birthday this November – a momentus occasion, apparently. And because of that, it seems as though some fun new toys may be coming my way. I’ll give you a hint: the terms aperture, focal length, and alt-azimuth mount have been thrown around. In… Continue reading New Toys Coming Soon
Sure-Fire Way to Crash Windows
I don’t remember where I first read about this idea, but apparently if you open a lot of Windows Explorer windows (but not as many as you’d think) you can easily crash Windows itself. Of course I had to try this to verify it. Naturally I tried this in a virtual machine – no sense… Continue reading Sure-Fire Way to Crash Windows
More Foolishness from Comcast
From Slashdot: “US cable provider Comcast has presented its long-term solution for managing broadband traffic. The new system is set at putting to bed a minor scandal that erupted around the company when it was found that Comcast deliberately limited traffic for certain applications. The company said that under its new system, traffic will be… Continue reading More Foolishness from Comcast
Is the MDI model dead?
This is a question that has been floating around in my head for a while now: Is the MDI windowing model dead? I think the answer is: maybe yes, and maybe no. It’s certainly true that the “traditional” MDI (multiple document interface) model has fallen out of favor, for a lot of reasons – not… Continue reading Is the MDI model dead?