I have been working on a presentation on XAMPP for my LUG meeting Thursday–just a basic introduction about what it is, what it does, file structure, and a few utilities. I have finished the take-away handout, though I’ll probably fine-tune it over the next couple of days as I discover the typos that spellcheck missed. […]
When I was in Vegas in June, I had the opportunity to use a Clear 4G card for the week. It was nice – $50 for the week and I didn’t have to suffer from hotel speeds – especially since the hotel charged $14.95 a day to connect ( Which would have cost $90). Today, […]
New opportunities in the internet world. The Boston Globe tells of consultants who are making a career enhancing and, in some cases, cleaning up, clients’ digital images–images as in PR, not as in pictures: Michael Fertik knows all about how online searches can damage reputations. The 2005 Harvard Law School graduate founded ReputationDefender four years […]
Have you ever visited a blog and seen video embeds that exceed the size of the column and overlap one of the sidebars? It truly is quite unattractive. I have optimized my blog for a screen that is 800 pixels wide. I did that because, when I started it, 800 by 600 was still not […]
The final part of the Ford Edge video is Amy Marentic talking on who will buy the Edge, a Crossover or a brand new vehicle for that meaning. With 27 competitors, the Ford Edge is the oldest and the most purchased. 70% are loyal to buy a new Ford. Another statistic is that Edge growth […]
Hewlett-Packard researchers take a look at what makes Tweeters influential in Twitter terms. They conclude that the best measure is not the number of followers someone has. It’s his or her knack for getting followers to retweet their original tweets: During the time of the study, which was admittedly short, the most influential Tweeter users […]
Part 3 of the keynote was from John Schneider. He showed us what was on the inside. With a steering wheel that looks like a joystick and a full voice recognition program inside, you have a fully responsive vehicle. John talks about My Ford Touch, with navigation even on the standard model. Sync services will […]
Nashville, TN – A group of reporters decended to Nashville to drive the new Ford Edge. I was one of those people. And while I cannot tell you how the car drives (we are under Embargo until Monday, Aug. 23rd), I can report about the rest of the 1 day event. I got in about […]
My podplayer is dying. The “lock controls” switch has broken. I think it has actually physically broken, so that, when I move the button on the side of the box, the controls do not lock. I can’t start it and put it in my pocket, because moving around manipulates the controls. As a short term […]
The BBC reports that another rogue application, this one offering a “OFFICIAL Dislike” button, is wandering about Facebook. At this point, it doesn’t seem to do anything but be annoying, but its creators did not respond to inquiries. When users click on the link it prompts them to install a rogue application, which does not […]
Net neutrality has been in the news this week because of Google’s and Verizon’s attempt to take matters into their own hands. (I know that my phrasing, “take matters into their own hands,” is pejorative. See the Note at the End.) Now that that’s out of the way, I read three columns this morning that […]
The Guardian reports that two instances of malware for Android phones have been reported in the wild. This matters because it means that cellphone malware is moving from proof-of-concept to actual danger. One pretends to be a movie application and sends text messages to sites which charge a premium. The charges then show up on […]
I finally got around to configuring Ekiga to work from my new location. Actually, that’s not true. I got around to configuring my new location to work with Ekiga. Ekiga is a free and open source VoIP client for Linux and Windows. It was working fine at my old house, but now I’m on a […]
When I was a young ‘un, doctors did not like to let patients know that they were looking stuff up. They were trained that patients expected them to be omniscient. After they finished an exam, they would retreat to their offices, whose doors did not face the exam rooms, and look stuff up in big […]
Over the weekend the band played a local festival in central WI. At 10PM, they had a fireworks show. I did like anyone else – pulled out my iPhone and tried to take a photo. However, with the new shutter speed of the OS4, I realized I could take a few pictures in a couple […]
Microsoft has announced a new Windows security update that every Windows user, no matter what flavor of Windows he or she is using, needs. According to the BBC, shortcut files (*.lnk), such as those used for desktop shortcuts, can be injected with malicious code which executes when the user clicks a link. Microsoft taking this […]