Archive for the 'computers' Category
Saturday, January 19th, 2008
The advertisement from Apple says “So advanced, it practically installs itself.” What a load of garbage! Here is the story of my nightmarish upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
Before we even begin, I have to own up to my culpability for not ensuring I had full and complete system backups before […]
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
So here I am in New York City attending the 2007 Virtualization Conference (a part of the larger 2007 SOA World Expo) and trying to learn a bit more about the future of enterprise computing. I had not done any traveling in a while and also had not been to a conference in ages, […]
Posted in computers, travel | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
Woo-haa! I keep those packets all in check!
When you go to write some shell code, best not disrespect!
Woo-haa! I gots you all in check!
That’s right, people. My week of buckled down studying has paid off and on Monday I took the two big exams. As Mark phrased it, I “gave those tests the […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2006
If you know me (even casually) then you know that I am pretty much obsessed with the Macintosh line of Apple Computers. I was working on Apple IIe machines when I was about 8 years old and I was there in 1984 hanging around UNC Student Stores so I could produce my Sixth Grade […]
Posted in computers, grousing | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
Last year I was thinking about moving to Australia and getting an IT job down under. Unfortunately, the reason(s) for going disappeared and I found the bar to entry was just too high. Plus, it was going to be a complete nightmare to get my beautiful dog Alva over there. However, I really […]
Posted in computers, photography | 9 Comments »
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006
My eyesight is getting so bad that I finally had to upgrade from my crappy 30″ Apple LCD display. After shopping the entire Internet, I ultimately decided to order this monstrosity from LG Electronics. The MW-71PY10 will be installed Monday so that I can watch all the July 4th fireworks from around the […]
Posted in computers, eShopping | 2 Comments »
Sunday, November 27th, 2005
Hello and welcome to the First United Crap For Sale Page!!111oneone.;#
Posted in computers, eShopping | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
Ahoy! A new campaign to sink Internet Explorer is on ye horizon!
Posted in computers, interwebby | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 4th, 2005
Someone had to do something about all the scum on the ‘net. That person is Dr. Dave.
Posted in computers, interwebby | 6 Comments »
Saturday, April 30th, 2005
Taking the growl out of Tiger.
Posted in computers, technospiel | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 23rd, 2005
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Saturday, April 16th, 2005
After a year lost to Windows and Linux, Alan can finally use the computer again.
Posted in characters, computers | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, March 1st, 2005
JEF RASKIN, CREATOR OF THE MACINTOSH COMPUTER, DIES AT 61
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2005
Tech Support is laborious & annoying. Family, friends, people at random gatherings (including weddings, airports and recently while viewing a house with a realtor), you name it. After being paid to do this for several years, I have grown to believe that most tech support should be like this.
If I actually […]
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