Category Archives: Computers

Slow Flash Getting You Down?

Here’s a tip for if you have an old G4 Mac. As you know, for some reason Flash on MacOS is slower than Flash on anything else. And having a G4 certainly doesn’t help things. I dread going to sites with a heavy Flash interface. Frankly it’s a bit disappointing mixed in with a smidgen [...]

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The Guide To Not Being A Chump

When someone asks for your password, don’t give it to them. Simple. But apparently not simple enough for some. That’s right. My brother gave his Steam password to someone posing as Steam Customer Support. Unbelievable. You know, they should teach a class in school – Internet Smarts. I think it’ll be beneficial. Like stick it [...]

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Bite My Shiny Metal Ass

Oh Linux, why can’t you just let me win. This morning I decided to go ahead and upgrade my kernel to 2.6.22-14. But things didn’t go smoothly. Something went wrong, so I tried it again apt-get install -f Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Correcting dependencies… Done The following packages [...]

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Seeqpod = Genius

Seeqpod is a pretty neat site. I’ve been using the iPhone version for a few months now. It’s a very easy way to find a song and play it on your iPhone. All that time though, I never tried visiting Seeqpod from a regular desktop browser. Turns out I was missing something great. Before, when [...]

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I love the modern way …

Google spies on me? Google knows too much. Exhibit A: Here is an email to Long In it, I’m essentially stating that I’m like Charlie Brooker. In his latest article in the Guardian, he essentially points out that you can’t go on vacation if you’re single. It’s true. It’s just the way things are. So [...]

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Honestly, I’m Kinda Surprised

Doing some cleaning, and I found this on my desktop That’s right, The Bible is the most popular book in DFW. I figured Harry Potter would be up there. But The Bible? Who are these people trying to fool/impress? #3 and #5 prove that most of Facebook’s users have at least a high school education. [...]

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The Internet – A Wonderful Place

I got a message on ebay from another user, kiki3681 from France. They wanted to know about the Airport Express I purchased. bonjour, j’ai vu sur ebay que tu avais acheté une borne air tunes en provenance de hong kong pour un prix de 50 euros environ… je pense faire le meme achat, mais j’ai [...]

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A Place for Jerks

People on the internet can be jerks. Take a look at this review for the Monoprice iPhone Headphone Adapter. You can see that “Raishad” writes This does not fit the iPhone. Not at all Hey it’s valid criticism, since the iPhone adapter that “Raishad” got, didn’t fit his iPhone But then that jerk Austin from [...]

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Gremlins

Yesterday, my blog broke. I don’t know what happened – the main page wasn’t loading, but the admin pages were. All my posts were there. Everything was there, except some of the images I uploaded. It was strange. I went to a backup, updated, and here we are. To make up for it, here is [...]

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Go Pro!

I’m uploading some pictures from Navi and Shaun’s Wedding to Flickr, and I noticed I have a “Pro” account because I signed up for ATT U-verse. Thanks ATT, that’s a $24.95/year savings for me. So you see, there are benefits between linking your Yahoo and Flickr account.

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