Archive for the “Technology” category
A Few of My Favorite (Free) Things
by ryan on January 15, 2009
Inspired by a conversation at work today about free (as in beer) software, here’s a quick list of some of my favorite apps. I use Windows, so many of these will be Windows-only. FileZilla; open-source, easy to use, FTP client; (…)
A Workplace for the Electric Future
by ryan on January 13, 2009
This week is the North American Auto Show, the annual circle jerk of the automotive superpowers, as they demonstrate the latest and greatest in Detroit. Despite it precarious status as the center of the automotive world, Detroit still holds sway (…)
Store Locator FAIL
by ryan on January 13, 2009
For reasons I won’t get into, I was curious what the closest comic book store to my house was. So I went to Comic Shop Locator (natch), plugges in my location. Closest result? Yeah, not so much. Thanks Google.
iPhone!
by ryan on November 29, 2008
Yes, I’m years behind the curve, but I finally got an iPhone. I am, of course, completely geeking out, transferring apps and music like mad. Surprisingly, we bought our new phones at Best Buy and had an excellent experience. The (…)
Adventures in online shopping
by ryan on November 26, 2008
I think we often discount the effect of the Poached-Egg Conservative. When will someone cater to this forgotten line of voters? Click to enlarge Wonder how much Paul Simon/Paul Simon confusion led to Graceland showing up here as well? Ain’t (…)
Obama's Technology Policy
by ryan on November 7, 2008
This policy is so full on win, it warms my little electronic heart another 20 C. A partial bullet-point list; click through to see the whole thing with more statements. Protect the Openness of the Internet (Net Neutrality!) Safeguard our (…)
A Few Steps Closer to Blu-Ray and Netflix
by ryan on October 23, 2008
We have yet to make the leap to Blu-Ray. Frankly, I haven’t seen the point yet. Yes, I’d love to see what the quality would be on our TV, but I’m not willing to shell out $300+ for a new (…)
Remember Cuil? Yeah, no else does either
by ryan on September 24, 2008
According to the latest figures for the end of August the Cuil market share has dropped to, well, just about nothing at all. Net Applications has the market share being a very meagre 0.01 percent. At least it is a (…)
Google Chrome
by ryan on September 2, 2008
Played with it tonight a bit. It’s freakin’ fast, especially for Google apps (natch). I like the new car smell it gives off, could do without the comic. It feels like Firefox 3.0, but I think that was the point. (…)
Petty Annoyance with Gmail
by ryan on September 2, 2008
I have no idea if this is something that I’m not configuring properly, but why, when I click on a link to a new email in various desktop notifier’s does the email message open in Gmail without the complete interface? (…)
