I ordered the DVD and it arrived a couple days ago. I’ve installed it on my Dell Inspiron 300m laptop, and it’s working great. I’m quite impressed. I can see this being a success. Internet Explorer still stinks, but it’s far better than it has ever been before. Microsoft recommends 15 GB free, so I…Continue Reading…
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 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 was using 92% of my USC email storage capacity. They only allow 75 MB to be stored. So I downloaded all my email using the latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird (an excellent email client, by the way), and checked my account. Nope, I still have 70 of 75 MB used. I Googled for “usc…Continue Reading…
I’m typing this on my laptop in Mike Stalcup and Jon Lo’s room because I don’t want to be lonely in my room. It’s 3:32 AM, and I don’t want the day to end. It’s been great. Michael and Jon are messing with their computers, making Windows look like OS X or something completely new….Continue Reading…
Excellent podcast by Leo Laporte. Here are my notes for episode 2. I listened to episode 1. Extensions that: Make textboxes bigger Homestarrunner full-screen extension (Ben Goodger). I haven’t seen Home Star Runner for some time! Flashblock (click to make Flash animation start) Del.icio.us extension. Prefetching Tab browsing becoming the norm. Making it more natural…Continue Reading…