Category Archives: Web/Tech

For those of you who are not uber-cyber-aware, the US government has put together a group that is supposed to protect government IT infrastructure (and possibly civilian infrastructure as well). Given recent news about IT infrastructure attacks, this is a … Continue reading →

I came across a reference to FolderShare.com in a Getting Things Done Yahoo group post.  It sounds interesting so I’m currently checking it out. The software/system allows you to syncronize folders between two or more computers.  Provisions are made for … Continue reading →

I’ve been looking at upgrading our digital camera and have been waffling about which one to purchase.  I read with interest that Konica Minolta Quits Photography Market.  Given that that was one of the camera makers I was considering, I’m … Continue reading →

In various states of editing. Focus, must focus… Oh, doughnuts!

Finally cleared out a bunch of draft posting that I really, really meant to finish up but never did find time to do. How many? I ‘dunno.  I’d say about 3 Brazilian. Note: I’m a supporter of our President and … Continue reading →

What do you get when you combine Google Maps with Wikipedia?  Placeopedia.com. Simply enter in the text for an existing Wikipedia entry, click on a Google map and a short confirmation email later, a marker is placed on top of … Continue reading →

A "spam magnet" and Google maps?  Mailinator:Spam Map. Mailinator allows you to create a temporary email address and check back later for emails arriving at that address.  Your temporary email address is deleted after a few hours, so it isn’t … Continue reading →

If you haven’t tried Firefox (a web browser), please give it a try.  It is one of my favorite applications and I now rarely use IE except for pages that are broken (hear me Yahoo Mail?). One of the nice … Continue reading →

(sung to "Where Have All The Flower’s Gone?") Where have all the Unix gurus gone?Long time going.Where have all the Unix gurus gone?Long time ago. The AT&T research department that invented Unix has finally disbanded. So Where Have All the … Continue reading →