February 5, 2010

Site Hack

Filed under: Main — admin @ 6:51 pm

This site is currently being attacked by hackers. They’re installing a redirect script, which your anti-virus software or web browser may or may not detect. I am working on solving the problem, but it may involve taking the site down and re-installing it. I’ll keep you posted.

Is Microsoft Dead?

Filed under: Main — Dan Gookin @ 12:01 am

Can anyone name anything successful that Microsoft has done in the past 10 years? (Say something! If you don’t, this will be one heck of a short blog post!)
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February 3, 2010

Open Architecture

Filed under: Main — Dan Gookin @ 12:01 am

One big difference between a computer and any other appliance is something called open architecture. It has nothing to do with great rooms, windows, or vaulted ceilings. It has everything to do with the success of the first crop of computers.
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February 1, 2010

The iPad is a Portent

Filed under: Main — Dan Gookin @ 12:01 am

Forget that you hate Apple’s iPad for a moment. Consider this: For reading books, which would you want more, an iPad or a Kindle?
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January 29, 2010

Yes, Wednesday was iPad Day

Filed under: Main — Dan Gookin @ 12:01 am


Above all, keep this in mind: Apple has had its share of flops.
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January 27, 2010

Is Today iPad Day?

Filed under: Main — Dan Gookin @ 12:01 am


Sometime today, at 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, Apple will be holding a media event to introduce it’s latest creation, which everyone on the Internet is claiming will be the much waited-for Apple Tablet.
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January 25, 2010

The Email You Never Get

Filed under: Main — Dan Gookin @ 12:01 am

According to a recent report about email and spam, you never see 95 percent of the electronic messages sent to you. That’s because they’re spam and have been effectively filtered by your ISP.
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January 22, 2010

123456

Filed under: Main — Dan Gookin @ 12:01 am

No, that’s not the password for the giant oxygen door on the planet Druidia, nor is it the combination to President Scroob’s luggage. But it’s close!
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January 20, 2010

I Hate My Windows Live ID

Filed under: Main — Dan Gookin @ 12:01 am

If you’ve been living life on the Internet, which is normal (and expected because you’re reading this online), then it’s entirely possible that you’ve enjoying yourself, purchased something, contributed digital scrawl, and otherwise wasted time without ever having to use a Windows Live ID.
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January 18, 2010

Little Icon Infestations

Filed under: Main — Dan Gookin @ 12:01 am

It started out with one or two. Just the other day I saw the following hoard of teeny web page reference icons and it dawned on me: This tiny icon stuff may soon become obnoxious.
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