Archive 2002
16-Bit Flashback
PROGMAN.EXE Still works in Windows XP.
AOL Suing Microsoft
Grow up AOL and build a better browser. Then you wouldn't have to worry about who is the leader in browser software. You don't hear Opera crying or any of the other browser companies screaming; “UNFAIR, UNFAIR”. You know Opera makes a great browser (much better than Netscape in my honest opinion). What are you [...]
Illegal Operations
This blog was optimized for anything BUT Navigator. I don't care if you hate Microsoft – they still provide a better browser (read: end user experience) than Netscape ever did. I was ready to stop using Marc's creation when it was still in 2.x revisions. Microsoft's deployment of Internet Explorer hindered the growth and acceptance [...]
Feed Me Seymour
Why must the fridge be so empty?
My Mom Needs Help
I have seen some systems advertised on TV in the $1,000 range that sound pretty good, but I am not the expert. I would like a system that is excellent on the Internet (surfing), e-mail, pictures (still and moving), Webcam for talking and seeing you and Ben like when we were in Texas, as well [...]
Tuning In TechTV
It's finally official: Chris is coming home! Well, not in the physical sense, but at list [sic] he'll be arriving digitally in homes across the Des Moines area every Monday thru Friday. TechTV is going to be channel 294 on the Basic Digital Package from Mediacom. To think, we started that crusade before Chris had [...]
Pitching Ideas
What a wicked show. I thought it was a bit rough, but the producers believed it went smoothly. I was thrown off by the Althlon guy, but not to the point where I'll have to cry myself to sleep tonight. It's the time of the week where we think about what we want to do [...]
Puppy Tricks
Sprocket now knows how to “play dead.”
A Mused
Zero is about out of battery juice. I plugged in his Webcam and pointed it toward the boob tube so that you could see what I've been watching all day. I might move him upstairs before I start his recharge cycle. My shaver is going through the same process, which would explain why I've had [...]
Little Poem
Loft clean. Gretchen gone. Sprocket silent. TV on. Screen clean. Coffee hot. Posture good. Weather not. A shower is in my future. I know only because Cleo told me; I called for a free readin'. She didn't tell me what kind of realpoo I'd be using. See, we don't have any shampoo around here. The [...]
Armchair Quartergeek
The dog has peed. Lucky for us, he did it when I took him outside. He's curled up on the couch right now. If I could convince Gretchen to trot upstairs and get my Webcam, I'd show you what I'm talking about. She's making soup for lunch, though – so I best not interrupt her. [...]
Down With Entropy
Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles. I'm actually working wirelessly in my loft. And even though the WAP is not too far from my position, I'm still pulling in a 50% signal. I could get used to computing this way – especially when the loft is cooler. Gretchen wants me to take the Hump Hound [...]
It's A Small World
Reason number 322 to own a laptop: keeps you warm on those chilly San Francisco nights. We got back from painting the town red ninety minutes ago, and despite having a full day, I'm not ready to hit the sack. I'm actually thinking about cracking open a DVD and watching it before too long. We'll [...]
Top Ten Sci-Fi Flicks
TRON Stargate The Fifth Element Star Trek II Back to the Future Starship Troopers Jumanji The Matrix Contact Benji: The Hunted Source: Me
Woof Hump Woof
See Mommy drive. Drive, Mommy, drive. See Sprocket run. Run, Sprocket, run. See Sprocket bathe. Bathe, Sprocket, bathe. See Sprocket pass out because he's so damn tired after running around all over hell and half of Georgia. I mean, the bark park. He spent most of it with his nose shoved in a hole. “There's [...]
