Geekdad\’s cover the Star Trek Movie, with some SPOILER-FREE rundown of what you should know before going. 1. Will I like it? You’re reading GeekDad, so that’s an almost-guaranteed yes. If you’ve got any love for any of the past Star Trek series or movies then you’ll like this one. It feels very Trek in […]
Elgato makes some good products, but they are typically a little expensive…. Macworld has just announced that they have released \”Elgato Video Capture\”. And it\’s pretty darn inexpensive at $100… What I am more concerned with is what Software is included. EyeTV, their normal software package has a history, this new \”Video Capture Software\” that […]
5/7/09 9:09:34 AM /usr/sbin/ocspd[18764] starting 5/7/09 9:15:56 AM /usr/sbin/ocspd[18774] starting 5/7/09 9:31:07 AM /usr/sbin/ocspd[18820] starting From the Man pages, OCSPD is responsible for (security) Certificate Revocation List & Online Certificate Status Protocol responses. In other words, it handles the heavy lifting portion of the security management for Mac OS X 10.4+. OCSP is an internet protocol […]
AutoREALM! is a free Fantasy Role-Playing mapper software (a \’cartographer\’) that can design maps of castles, cities, dungeons and more. AutoREALM is generally used by Role-playing Game practicants who enjoy doing their own maps. But it could fits the needs of other people. If you are a Role-Playing gamer or else, you are cordially invited […]
David Pogue has an article out regarding Spammers today… Quite entertaining, but I think he missed something…. Take a look at his article first… You Can’t Spell “Bad” Without Spelling “Ad” And here\’s my reply… David, You\’re usually right on it, but I think you missed something here… The spammers are *NOT* trying to get […]
From Wikipedia… The most celebrated invention of frequency hopping was that of actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil, who in 1942 received patent number 2,292,387 for their \”Secret Communications System.\” This early version of frequency hopping used a piano-roll to change between 88 frequencies, and was intended to make radio-guided torpedoes harder for enemies […]
Technology is letting this puppy, from Pixar\’s Up, remind you of your pet\’s priorities: squirrels, fetching, and tracking. It is nice to see a slightly new spin on the common \’make the dog talk\’ animation idea (even though snausages did it first.) Granted, if they wanted to make it really fresh, they would have made […]
Here comes Ada Lovelace & Charles Babbage to save the day! There\’s a new web comic (2D Googles), that follows the adventures of Lovelace & Babbage through their various adventures… Click here for for Science!\”