In an effort to keep all us little monkeys up-to-date, we were all just upgraded to Office 2007 here at work and the first thing I noticed was the nasty default “toothpaste” color scheme. Don’t get me wrong… blue is one of my favorite colors, but that shade was just plain offensive. And so I [...]
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Office 2007 Color Schemes / Themes
Published by December 20th, 2007 in Gripes and Software. 3 Comments
The Sad State of Smartphone Software
Published by October 17th, 2007 in Gadgets, Random and Software. 0 CommentsI was going through my blogs today and stumbled on a note from the guys at Smartphone Thoughts. I like these guys, but again, it was a plug for a piece of software they hadn’t tried, in the vein of “looks kinda neat – anyone try it?”. This brought me over to the best-seller list [...]
I took the opportunity to upgrade my Smoothwall to the new version 3 last night, and took some pictures of my “network closet”. I think this serves as an example of how NOT to EVER treat the heart of your home’s connectivity. My network closet is currently just an area of my unfinished basement with [...]
Every now and then you see something that makes you say to yourself, “Wow! It’s too bad I’m so stupid or I would have thought of that.” The video below made me have one of those moments just now. Interconnectivity and “community” are a few of the important terms in today’s techno-world, but these dudes [...]
Well, I don’t have a lot of hard theroizing on this one; it’s more just a gut reaction after the Vista launch. The more I think about it, the more this is similar to the situation Windows users were in back in 2000. Windows 98 SE was the strong player in those days, very similar [...]
So I was trollin the vast expanse of the interweb the other day and stumbled across a nifty little gem with a huge amount of potential. The Black Mesa: Source project could very well entice me to revisit the doomed Black Mesa research facility and take another crack at saving the world… Gordon Freeman style. [...]
So a couple days ago I blogged about my recent experience with Ubuntu Linux and some of the issues and successes I’ve had. Well, one of the big issues I’m still having is in regards to getting my wireless card to connect to a DHCP enabled access point. I’ve been tinkering with this for countless [...]
Ubuntu… Linux never looked so good
Published by January 1st, 2007 in OS Reviews and Software. 2 CommentsAfter years of proclaimed nerdery, I’ve finally decided to take the Linux plunge. That’s not to say that I’ve never used Linux before, but as nerdy as I am, it’s taken me a while to really get excited about switching from Windows to Linux on any of my day-to-day use machines. I’ve tried a few [...]
Windows on a Mac… End of the World?
Published by April 19th, 2006 in Hardware and Software. 0 CommentsWell, now its official. Apple beat the 1337 hax0rs out of the gate with Boot Camp. Question is… who out there is gonna actually use it? Historically Mac fans and Windows fans don’t mix so well. Its like getting any two fans of opposing European soccer, er… football teams together in the same room. Utter [...]
RockBox… The Firmware Of The Future!
Published by March 16th, 2006 in Gadgets, Software and mp3. 5 CommentsFirmware flashing is not for the faint of heart. Especially when upgrading to a 3rd party open source firmware that is not supported by the manufacturer of your device. By doing so, you potentially run the risk of ‘Bricking’ your beloved peice of electro-gadgetry, as well as the fact that you’ll definitely forfeit any remaining [...]