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Category Archives: Web/Tech
All Your Base Are Belong to Us
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
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Poifect
A little shaky on a couple of them, but… You scored 350 out of 350 possible points, or 100.00% on the Don’tVote quiz.
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It’s Like a USB Pen Drive Without the USB Pen
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
Konica Handle The Competition Anymore
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
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Piled Up Another 20 Draft Posts
In various states of editing. Focus, must focus… Oh, doughnuts!
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Third Base
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
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Google Maps + Wikipedia = Placeopedia.com
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
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What happens when you combine
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
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Firefox Extensions
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
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Everybody sing now!
(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
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