Here’s yet another question that I had which I would never have found the solution to if it wasn’t for Yahoo. Google couldn’t give me the answer. My search is: “which of the following has an element that is less than any other element in that set” (with the quotes) If you try the search…Continue Reading…
An interesting article at Ars Technica in reaction to the glossy screens now used in the new 13″ MacBooks. Basically: the new Apple laptops have glossy screens because Steve Jobs is an idiot.
We have a Kodak EasyShare 5 MP camera. My mom and sister were trying to take a close-up photo, and the camera wouldn’t focus, instead complaining with “AE AF”. I guessed that the letters stood for Auto Exposure and Auto Focus, which I was right about. But what does it mean, really? I turned to…Continue Reading…
This is not a proper “end of the school year, start of the summer” post. But it’s sufficiently interesting that maybe someone will want to read it. I saw Nintendo’s 2006 E3 Press Conference, and it’s really cool. They had Sonic and (even more surprisingly, since I’ve only played it as a little-known computer game),…Continue Reading…
This was cool enough that I want to keep it here to think about later. Imagine having an accountant as a client who insisted on maintaining his general ledgers using a word processor. You would do you best to persuade him that his data should be structured. He needs validation with cross field checks. You…Continue Reading…
I overslept this morning and missed church. So I’ll cheer myself up by stating what I did. I helped John Shook setup local area network between his laptop and desktop. “You are a genius!” he claims. I helped Bob setup Thunderbird to work with USC email. He had a Symantec firewall blocking access. I helped…Continue Reading…