Posted in Technical Questions on Feb 10th, 2009 4 Comments »
When Apple recently announced they were going DRM-free on their iTunes purchases, the world cheered. After all, they were charging 99 cents per song, and those songs were not songs per se but were restricted Apple “song files.” Yeah, they were pretty to listen to, but you could only burn them to CD a certain [...]
Posted in Technical Questions on Feb 10th, 2009 4 Comments »
If you’ve had to deal with AT&T’s customer support recently, and by recently I mean in the years since the advent of DSL, you know a few things: 1) They’ve outsourced all of their tier one tech support to script-readers in other countries who (non-convincingly) all have names like “Ted” and “Darren.” 2) DSL is [...]
Posted in Technical Questions on Feb 12th, 2008 No Comments »
It struck me as I was browsing my iGoogle page just now exactly how much of a geek I am. I was interested in all the slashdot stories — every single one! Not only that, but I think you all might want to hear what me, the very definition of “some nerd,” thinks about them. [...]
Posted in Technical Questions on Feb 1st, 2008 2 Comments »
I wish to register a complaint. Remember IE 7? The internet explorer that was going to revolutionize the way we surf the web? The one they practically make you install via Windows Update? The one that thought it was a good idea to replace the tried-and-true “menu” system with cryptic buttons? The one that [...]
Posted in Technical Questions on Jun 12th, 2007 4 Comments »
Apple has decided to give Windows users their Safari browser, for free. There’s a public beta available here, if you’re interested. Why is this important? Well, Apple is a big deal, and when they announce something, people think it’s big news. This can only eat more into Internet Explorer’s browser share, since it’s unlikely that [...]
Posted in Technical Questions on May 30th, 2007 No Comments »
My favorite tech website right now is Computer World (warning: Use a pop-up and ad-blocker when at Computerworld.com, because it throws 2 pages up at you for every page you visit). It has all sorts of helpful articles, opinions, and information for the person who likes technology a little too much. Take, for example, this [...]
Posted in Technical Questions on May 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
From time to time, I’m going to want to put really geeky stuff here – stuff that nobody but total nerds would be interested in. I’ve written a smidge about Ubuntu 7.04, the so-called “Feisty Fawn,†on my main blog This is Epth Nation. I’ll go a bit more in depth here. First, I’m running [...]
