Thursday, January 29, 2004

Memo to movers everywhere: never leave your bronze Yoda unattended.
The creator of Ctrl-Alt-Delete -- David Bradley -- will be retiring from IBM after 20 years of service. Here's a great quote from the article: "At a 20-year celebration for the IBM PC, Bradley was on a panel with Microsoft founder Bill Gates and other tech icons. The discussion turned to the keys. 'I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous,' Bradley said. Gates didn't laugh."

Monday, January 26, 2004

McGregor: Episode III Ends It All. Well thank you, Jedi Master Obvious! I would have never guessed that... It's been a while, but I would like to officially nominate Ewan McGregor as tool of the week.

Friday, January 23, 2004

AMD chips include buffer overflow protection. This is certainly an interesting take on security - I wonder how well it could work in practice.
Wired News: Linux Takes on the Windows Look. I'm especially fond of the looking glass project from Sun. Oooh, ahhh...

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Finally, there's a use for Jarn's Game Cube!
Isn't it about time there was a cure for user-created headaches? Sorry for the pun...

Friday, January 16, 2004

Hear ye! Hear ye! Mozilla 1.6 is released! Get ye to a-downloadin'!

Thursday, January 15, 2004

Speaking of cool gadgets, how about the ThinkGeek Scrolling LED Badge? I can just imagine the possibilities: "No, I will not fix your computer" or "User error" etc... Just imagine how much fun this would be on Tuesdays!
We've waited and waited, but now it's here! The Dick Tracy watch!

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Migration from Windows to Linux saves thousands. This is a good read for people considering getting rid of M$ in the enterprise.

Tuesday, January 13, 2004

"Windows is about choice - you can mix and match software and music player stuff. We believe you should have the same choice when it comes to music services." That's a quote from David Fester, the general manager of Microsoft's Windows digital media division. Okay, so what happens when Napster 2.0 offers iPod connectivity? Isn't that the choice he's looking for?

Monday, January 12, 2004

Move over Lars, Ben Affleck wants to keep you company.
If you use Mac OS 10.3, the you probably love Expose. Now, if you're forced to use Windows you can have the same functionality in the blatant ripoff WinExpose! (Thanks to Macslash for the link).
The 20 Macs That Mattered Most. For all you Mac lovers out there...

Sunday, January 11, 2004

So we all have heard that HP bought rights to produce their own brand of iPods. But what you haven't heard is this: "The company will be working with Apple to add support for Microsoft's superior Windows Media Audio (WMA) format to the iPod by mid-year." I'll allow that to shake your knees for a bit.

Wednesday, January 07, 2004

Got an iPod? Want to hook it in to your car? Alpine is going to make it happen!
Stupid Users now has an RSS feed! If you don't already have an RSS reader, give RSS Reader Panel for Firebird a shot. Otherwise there are a ton of free RSS readers out there. I'm especially fond of the IntraVNews reader for Outlook.

Tuesday, January 06, 2004

...and I will call it Mini-Me.
This has absolutely nothing to do with geek news, but I couldn't help posting this story of forbidden ping-pong love.

Monday, January 05, 2004

Mozilla Backup 1.2 Released. Download, and enjoy!
There's a web site about it, so it must be true! FireflyMovie.com!

Friday, January 02, 2004

There's a new version of FileZilla out. Download and enjoy!