Years ago, when relatively few people were using Mac OS X, and Apple was struggling to get people to migrate from Mac OS 8 and 9 to OS X; Apple ran a free website that listed OS X software applications by 3rd parties and themselves. It was for several years a fabulous way of finding […]
Tom Perriello has been the best person in the United States congress for the past two years. He did not win re-election, but Virginia can be proud to have fielded a statesman such as Tom Perriello for the past two years. He has worked tirelessly and hard for good governance, civic responsibility, and justice. They […]
Amazon Wish Lists are a decent way of exchanging gift ideas with remote friends and family, but I have never liked that until recently the list only included Amazon products… Well, if you use Firefox as your web browser (and possibly others too) you can add items from other online websites now. It does not […]
I am getting a lot of people asking me what my thoughts are on Roku vs AppleTV… which is interesting for a few reasons. Why does my opinion matter? Why now, as I am just beginning to analyze the options myself… coincidence? Anyway… the sad news is neither appears to be worth it right now. […]
I used to collect records, both for myself and as material for a part time job as a DJ at weddings and parties. I amassed a sizable collection (perhaps 800 albums, though I have not counted). A lot of that was collecting other people’s collections when they converted to CD or downsized for families or […]
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We found one culprit… using Transmission (Mac OS X BitTorrent client) to grab latest Linux ISO images slows down all web traffic. Turn off or pause Transmission and web gets a little faster, but it is still crazy slow… I noticed something new today though. When I connect to my work provided VPN and visit […]
Walking into my Dentist’s office this morning I discovered the Herndon offices of the Jeff Barnett for Congress campaign. Aweseome. We have a veteran running to replace Frank Wolf. I must get involved, more later, but here is a link if you want to help me replace Wolf: jeffbarnettforcongress.com
Tagged election 2010If you are using Google Voice to screen incoming calls, I recently discovered how to disable screening for calls from people you know. This counts on you regularly adding the numbers of people you have calling you into your database, but that is easy using the Google Voice web interface. Go to the Google Voice […]
Tagged google voice, mobile phonesThis brings back many fond memories of playing Call of Cthulu with friends when I was stationed in Hawaii….
