When I go to sleep each night, I simply must be facing the closest wall. This ritual, as far as I remember, spawned from my childhood when I was extraordinarily… Read More »The Wall

We all probably use Internet Explorer (IE) several times a day. It flawlessly renders our pages while allowing us to seemlessly download helper apps so we can experience sound, video,… Read More »Internet Explorer Woes

This article recently posted on MegaGames suggest that the gods of Redmond have a dirty little secret: They’ve been cheating on their own Windows 2003 Enterprise Server!!! That’s right, boys… Read More »Bill G.’s Little Secret

Life is currently good. I found out today that I got out of a nasty final I was really dreading. I also got $78 for selling back two books. That’s… Read More »Bliss

According to this CNN article, it is apparently possible for high-tech and industrial terminology to offend people. Using the terms “master” and “slave” to refer to two devices on the… Read More »Silicon Sensitivity

Why is it that there is Braille notation on most public things in America? I realize that it is an attempt to give blind people some independence. I have no… Read More »Overuse of Braille

Sometimes I wonder how much of success in life boils down to luck. Dad always told me that no matter how skilled you are, you need at least one break… Read More »The One Break

I have tried out iTunes & Napster over the last couple days. Each service lets you pay $0.99 for a song or $10 for an entire album. Once you have… Read More »Legal Music Downloads

I ran across a box of old floppy disks last night and inside I found a piece of my history that I’d soon like to forget. I found two floppies… Read More »Blast from the Past

I hate this ZIP drive. I bought it in early 1998 just after I got my first computer. (I sold my trampoline for $250 in order to afford it.) Back… Read More »ZIP Drive