Alphabet Soup – The A-Z’s of Chat Acronyms
FWIW there are a lot of acronyms out there, especially on AIM, YIM, MSN, and IRC. I am FAQ about what these things mean. It would be nice to tell…
Top-10 Tech I Miss
MSN has a feature titled “Top-10 tech we miss“, part of the celebration of CNET’s 10th anniversary. It got me thinking about the technology that I miss from the mid-1990s.…
Heat and Hurricanes
It’s summer, and the thermometer has been stuck above 100°F (37.8°C) for 6 days, almost tying a record. There’s a certain laziness in the air. It’s just too hot to…
Apple Turns 500 Million
Isn’t it funny how you can just accidentally stumble across a piece of history in the making? I visited Apple’s home page and noticed a counter listing how many songs…
Harry Potter and the Half-Right Wikipedia
Before tackling Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince book, I sought some spoilers. The first, were sparse and unreliable, but the Internet has forever changed how information is distributed…
Maintaining Your PC
One of my clients sent me the following e-mail request: Can you shoot me an email … with detailed instructions (how to’s) about … weekly & monthly cleanups … (Adware,…