Stefan had replaced his old Epson Stylus Photo R300 printer a long time ago and dropped it off at my house. It’s a USB Epson inkjet printer that has been replaced a couple of times over. I don’t even know what the current model is, but this one was free […]
I think Charlie Brooker gets it. The news format is perfect. Now if only someone could get Stone Phillips to do this skit on the Daily Show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGSXMuWMR4&feature=player_embedded
I was catching up with a friend and she asked me if I still used Skype. When she and I worked at the same company, instant messaging and Skype were very popular. I have not used Skype or IM for many months. With Skype I was getting weird spammy contact […]
With some fanfare the iPad was announced today. And if I am reading it right, it’s like an iPhone but big and fat. I don’t get it. It’s an iPhone without the phone. It does not multitask. So while you are using it as a ebook reader, you can’t keep […]
I’m not fully awake but saw this via Reddit. Very cool and excellent landing.
This past week some interesting events occurred. First, there was a special election in Massachusetts and then there was the SCOTUS ruling that says corporate entities (and unions) can’t be limited in advertising bombing the electorate. That Scott Brown got elected is really a non-issue. People vote and get elected […]
Martha Coakley lost the election in Massachusetts. She ran a poor campaign and was a bad choice for political office, that’s all. So even without me checking, I know that many people will start touting this as “GOP begins takeover of the Senate! Obama’s going down as a FAILURE!!” None […]
My current PC is a HP i7 workstation and I’ve tried to keep the software it came with in place. For example, it comes with a 15 month subscription to Norton Internet Security. Even though I have a valid license for Norton 360, I can now save that license for […]
This is few days old but the best response to Pat Robertson’s Haiti-devil nonsense. Although The Daily Show has a good response too around 1 minute in. Giving to the earthquake relief is a good thing and the poor people of Haiti need all the help that can be provided. […]
Here we go. “He’s really an unwelcome guest,” Lautenberg told The Record of Bergen County. “He should be returned to his homeland.” via Controversy swirls over graduate student who breached security at Newark Airport | New Jersey Real-Time News – – NJ.com. This translates into “I’m 85 years old but […]