it’s good to know things
I’ve been thinking of backing up my computer to do a fresh installation of OS X. I do this frequenty to ensure that the speed of my 6 year old PowerBook stays up to par with my current demand. I’ve been noticing lately that the price of external hard drives have been dropping and I’ve [...]
Sun, September 30 2007 » Programming » Comments Off
I’ve had this laptop for about 3 weeks and here’s what I’ve run into so far… When I was in the market for a Windows-based PC I figured I’d go with a laptop. Prices have been dropping and performance didn’t seem to be too much of an issue for what I was planning on doing [...]
Sat, September 29 2007 » tech » Comments Off
Don’t worry, your crazy Aunt Tillie won’t get pulled off of the internet, unless she’s a fraction of a percent of Comcast users. In the past few days there has been a flurry of discussion online about the policy of bandwidth caps by cable/internet provider Comcast. The reports have brought up a few things, but [...]
Fri, September 21 2007 » tech » Comments Off
Things must be going pretty good at Google. It seems that the web giant pays $1 billion a year in “click fraud” or false clicks on it’s ad services. Google’s AdWords programs were a relief to the banner ads of a few years ago. The service paired text based ads with the content of the [...]
Wed, September 19 2007 » www » Comments Off
There have been stories floating around online for a few weeks about how Comcast has shut subscribers internet service down due to excessive use. To date there is no policy written down to clarify what that means. The contract, which can always change, that Comcast has with its users only spells out “excessive use” as [...]
Mon, September 17 2007 » tech » Comments Off