Will the Tour De France fly?
The 2006 Tour De France is gearing up and ready to go. So is the media and authorities. Like vultures feeding on a career fulfilling feast they swoop down upon the biggest events not with the […]
Winmail.dat – Microsoft Hell
Issue: Have you ever received a “Winmail.dat” attachment? I have clients who send files like Word or Visio via email but all I get is a “Winmail.dat” file. Argh! This issue is only like ten years […]
Nikon D70 – Blinking Green Light of Death syndrome
BGLOD. My two year old Nikon D70 suddenly started acting up two weeks ago. I whipped it out to get a shot of the kids being silly and the Card reader light was blinking. The camera […]
DRM – Digital Rights Management
So during my 12 second breaks at work I browse the net and keep bumping into DRM. What I’ve read is really discouraging, my short take: Skip the rant and go right to DRM free $0.25 […]
2001 USPro Criterium Championship
Chicago has been a little Seattle of late – wet. Very wet. Mow the lawn in August wet. No scorched earth anywhere to be found wet. The USPro Crit weekend was no different. Wet and wild. […]
Handspring Visor Deluxe
At left is pictured my six week old Handspring Visor Deluxe©. The demise: Testing has proven that the device will not tolerate a two foot drop from my knee onto a tile floor without dire consequences. The […]
Regi$try – Bill Gates
I made this when learning all about the Registry and Windows NT – DWORD value = 1$
Help Desk Log – Classic humor
Subject: Humor: Help Desk Log – reposted from BOFH or somewhere crazy like that Monday 8:05am User called to say they forgot password. Told them to use password retrieval utility called FDISK. Blissfully ignorant, they thank […]