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Orkut Changes Their Logo

I haven’t seen anything on this or anyone say anything about it, so I’m not sure why. But I just noticed, based on memory, that the logo for Google’s Orkut service has changed. The color is the same, but the font is different. See the new logo for yourself (sorry, I don’t have an old…Continue Reading…

Intelligence a prison?

from a comment at a Slashdot story. See, what most people don’t know is that smart people like us, like many on Slashdot, are cursed. Intelligence is a frigging prison.

Comment on Uniquely Bright at Slashdot

I disagree. He is special and unique, just like everyone else. My advice: I’m not entirely sure what the big rush is to go to college. I recommend living in a foreign country first, preferably one with a different language and a different culture than your own. Find a university or college town or smaller…Continue Reading…

Humor: Hacker Ad

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Beware Free Hardware

Recently, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft have been pushing a vision of the future in which computing hardware is free – actually, sold with software subscriptions. IT customers tempted to sign on should take a lesson from the recent box-office bomb Troy and beware of suits bearing gifts. Because it’s very clear that this version of…Continue Reading…

Motive SmartBridge

The Motive SmartBridge background task is installed with Verizon Online’s software which is included with their residential DSL service. It has an autoupdate prompt which runs at startup. I disabled it on my computer simply because I don’t know exactly what it does. Since I don’t have a use for it and anything running uses…Continue Reading…