Category Archives: Computers & Programming

The Force Is Still Leashed, and LucasArts Are Morons

The Force Is Still Leashed, and LucasArts Are Morons

Okay, I’ve had almost two full weeks to get over the fact that LucasArts — bless their damned souls — released their sweet new game titled Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to every conceivable platform… EXCEPT the PC!? [umm... whiskey tango foxtrot?]
It wouldn’t be so bad if this was any ordinary game… but [...]

I have discovered Adobe’s Lightroom

I have discovered Adobe’s Lightroom

I have discovered Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and I think I may be in love. Is that healthy? While processing our Cape Cod pictures taken on our new Canon G9 I decided to give Lightroom a spin… and it’s having two diametric effects on me. I am gigglingly delighted with the results… both [...]

Portable Apps On Vacation

Portable Apps On Vacation

As thoughts of Memorial Day weekend vacation fills my mind… I think to the inevitable getaway taboo that occurs without fail - I will get online somewhere. When I do, I like to carry my trusty thumbdrive packed with goodies from PortableApps.com. That site is a treasure trove of single folder (and often, [...]

WordPress 2.5 (alpha testing)

WordPress 2.5 (alpha testing)

WordPress, the foremost blogging system used on the internet today, has just released their version 2.5 for alpha testers a couple days ago. I have been testing it… and I have to say that I am impressed.
I love WordPress. I use it for several websites (including the one you’re reading and my personal [...]

100K

100K

My blog has just passed a milestone… over 100,000 spam comments. Thanks to Akismet only a small percentage actually make it to a real comment (after which I whack it myself). Thanks to all the spammers and internet crooks, from Brazil to Russia to Nigeria, who made this day possible.

Adobe MAX 2007 - Wrapup

Adobe MAX 2007 - Wrapup

This past week I attended the Adobe MAX 2007 Conference being held in Chicago’s huge McCormick Place Conference Center. This was a tremendous event for a heavy user of Adobe products (like myself), and was easily the best conference I have ever attended.
Here are some pics (and you can view the full photoset here):
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Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

I have to admit that I am utterly hooked on the reboot of Battlestar Galactica on the SciFi channel. When it kicked off in 2004 as a special 2-hour movie pilot I missed it (because I don’t get full cable) and thus I was left out… for too long. Whilst my friends spun [...]

Rain, Electricity and What-to-do

Rain, Electricity and What-to-do

This morning I went to work with my umbrella. The walk from my car to the main gate was a torrential downpour… and the rain was coming in sideways. My umbrella was about as useful as a fishing boat in the desert. I was soaked… my bag was soaked… my electronic toys [...]

SOA World Conference & Expo 2007

SOA World Conference & Expo 2007

I just got back from SOA World 2007 and Enterprise OpenSource 2007 conferences & expos (occurring simultaneously) in New York City at the Roosevelt Hotel.
For those who don’t know, SOA (often pronounced soh’-uh) stands for Service-oriented Architecture and is a current fad in enterprise information systems. This conference was a buzzword-fest of the highest [...]

If you’re going to be stupid, you have to be smart about it.

If you’re going to be stupid, you have to be smart about it.

Recently an event came to my attention that inclined me to spontaneously spout the following:
You know… if you’re gonna’ be stupid, you gotta’ be smart about it.
I love one-liners, and the poetry of this one rang true in my ears as soon as it left my lips. I quickly Googled to see if anyone [...]