For crying out loud, will you look at that thing! I have an idea of why that thing is one hundred years old! It’s too ugly to touch. Ok, it’s not technology, just a bit of humor. You’ll be interested to know that this Shortraker Rockfish is 50 years younger than the oldest one caught.
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Smartphone Network Analyzer
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
You just can’t fault Microsoft for producing some pretty handy/ free software tools. It’s even better when said software is produced for both the smartphone and PPC platforms. Want to run ping and ipconfig on your phone? Microsoft has you covered. I’m pretty sure I can find a reason to use this a long with [...]
Recursively Copy Files but not Directories with Find
Friday, April 6, 2007
Every once in a while I’m floored by someone’s amazing foresight. In this case who ever came up with find’s -exec and -execdir actions. From the man page: -exec command ; Execute command; true if 0 status is returned. All following arguments to find are taken to be arguments to the command until an argument [...]
New Uniform Can’t Measure Up
Thursday, April 5, 2007
As I’ve said before, hey is this thing on, the new uniform will never be able to measure up to tried and true BDU. There’s a balance in the Army, about 80% of soldiers support the 20% who actually fight. Oddly, what always seems to happen is that the 20% is often forgotten about. Less [...]
Double Standard?
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Macworld’s Editorial Director, Jason Snell spent a few weeks with the Apple TV and comes away liking it. His APTV replaced a Mac mini and does so well that “[...] that Mac mini is no longer in my living room. Instead, it’s been relegated to a shelf in my office closet and will soon be [...]
“Google me!” the Web site says
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
A prestigious law fellowship, a coveted federal appeals court clerkship and the graduation magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. Camara, a native Filipino who grew up in Hawaii actually enrolled in Harvard Law School at the age of 16. Everything seemingly on track for a perfect carreer, but the results of a Google search [...]
Speed Up Motorola Q Browser?
Monday, April 2, 2007
After my really non-scientific tests with OpenDNS turned out so er… well I decided to OpenDNS on the Motorla Q. Of course, instructions for Palm OS and Win Mo 5 phones are already available. In order to do that you’ve got two options. First, the manual way involves a few steps: We’ll be editing your [...]
Open DNS
Monday, April 2, 2007
What is openDNS? “OpenDNS is a better DNS, free to all. OpenDNS uses its distributed network of DNS servers to speed up your Internet experience, increase reliability, improve security and make DNS smarter for users all over the world.” How do they stay in business? “OpenDNS makes money by offering clearly labeled advertisements alongside organic [...]
OS X, Turn your Dashboard Off
Sunday, April 1, 2007
I’m a stickler for only installing and running programs I’m actually going to use. On my OS X laptop I’m still running only 512MB of RAM so, in this case, my habit is more of a requirement. A memory hogging feature of OS X that I don’t use is the Dashboard. To get rid of [...]
Can MythTV Serve Your Neighborhood?
Sunday, April 1, 2007
It’s no secret that, here at home, I use and love MythTV. Part of MythTV’s beauty is it’s expandability. Record T.V. and video in one part of your home, watch it in another. Andrew Greig has taken this concept to a whole new level. Andrew’s video content comes from a C-band (big dish) satellite receiver [...]