Google’s founders wanted an uncorrupted, clutter-free search engine. Today they run the world’s largest advertising company. Somehow those two things shouldn’t be mixed.
October 31, 2010October 30, 2010LOToday is the 31st anniversary of the first email message. It was to send the word
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October 29, 2010Russia Jails SpammerAuthorities in Russia have sentenced a notorious spammer to prison. The net result is that the world’s spam email is lighter by nearly 30 percent. That must have been one impressive email account that jerk had!
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This Is StupidI use Steam. I enjoy the games from Valve, and I have accounts for myself and all my kids. In fact, I just purchased the prerelease of the game Call of Duty: Black Ops. My kids are thrilled, but Steam support sucks. October 28, 2010Farmville-Playing Mom Kills BabyThis is just sad and stupid, but apparently Mom was angry that her three-month-old was crying, interrupting her fascinating game of Farmville. So the devoted mother shook the little boy to death. There is no punishment cruel enough for this bitch. October 27, 2010October 25, 2010Blue in the Tooth
October 22, 2010Apple Lion: meh
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October 20, 2010Your Little Printer FriendThe easiest way to cancel a print job is to press the big, red Cancel (or X) button on your printer’s console. The second easiest way is to find the wee li’l printer dude in the Notification Area, open it, and delete the document from the printing queue. But sometimes the li’l printer dude disappears before you can open him.
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October 18, 2010Desktop Linux is DeadThey tried. They gave it their all, but the little penguin isn’t going anywhere on the PC desktop. Mainframes, you betcha! But on the desktop, and in this article at least, the dream of desktop Linux is over. Alas. |
