Hackers breached the nerdy Gawker site recently, snatching up lots of passwords. The surprising thing was the weak quality of the passwords, most of them really silly and useless. I confess that I was a Gawker user with a silly password as well; there was nothing serious I did on Gawker, so I didn’t see the point in crafting a beefy password, though my password didn’t make the top 50 list.
December 14, 2010December 13, 2010My First Digital CameraCan you believe a 14 megapixel camera? Apparently they’re available now. I’m not a professional nor a “prosumer,” so I don’t follow digital photography updates as closely as that crowd. But 14 megapixels? Holy cow December 12, 2010Ten Big Computer Boo-BoosFrom PC Mag (UK), the top ten computer errors in the world. Oddly, reformatting your hard drive isn’t one of them. That was a popular computer problem in the 1980s. Oh, those days!
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December 10, 2010Killing the InternetI figured it would be the government that eventually kills the Internet. I keep my hopes up, especially with the current war on WikiLeaks, but I really think that what will kill the Internet will be Netflix. December 9, 2010Sayonara, VGAIntel has announced that it will be phasing out older video technologies, replacing the VGA and DVI standards with DisplayPort and HDMI on future PCs. The end of an era. December 8, 2010Administrative NoteI’ve been doing some work on the Wambooli blog behind the scenes. Basically, I’ve deleted about 300 user accounts. Right away: I apologize if I’ve deleted your account by mistake. December 6, 2010December 5, 2010The United States of AutoCompleteHere’s an LOL for you: What happens when you try to map the USA by typing in Google? The answer is the United States of AutoComplete map. Very funny.
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December 3, 2010HP FrustrationYeah, even I get miffed and frustrated when it comes to dealing with computers and the galactic stupidity of the computer industry. December 1, 2010The Jargon FileComputer terms. Love ’em. Hate ’em. Look at ’em in a different light. |
