YouTube – Office 2010: The Movie

Microsoft is announcing Office 2010, in their own little way… Okay, I admit it, I don\’t think this is the official announcement, nor that this comes from Microsoft……  But…  It\’s not a bad advertisement… Clippy\’s even in there…

I am not a number! I am a human being!

A Federal judge in Seattle has held that IP Addresses are not personal information.  The argument states that to be personally identifying, it must identify a person, but IP Addresses identify a computer. What does that mean for the average joe?  An IP Address is the network equivalent of a telephone number.  It is not […]

Having slow downloads, maybe you have a corrupt preference file?

I haven\’t seen this issue, but this Apple Support Forums discussion (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2072449&tstart=25 ), discusses a non-obvious troubleshoot step to take if you are experiencing seriously degraded download performance. Quit Safari In your home folder open Library –> Safari Drag your downloads.plist file to the desktop Open Safari Attempt an download, and compare the speed of […]

Why Are Movie Threequels Always So Terrible?

IO9 spends a few minutes discussing why \”Threequels\”, movie series end up becoming trilogy, typically end up having the third movie being rubbish.  Typically this is true, their examples include Spider-Man 3, Aliens 3, SuperMan 3, etc…. They\’ve really thought about this and have some good hints, tips, and suggestions for any aspiring film makers. […]

Torchwood – Children of Earth (Pt 1) – Quick Review

Folks, Just a short note regarding Torchwood COE…  Part 1 is excellent, and is probably the most explosive Torchwood episode ever…  Almost the perfect mix of suspense, action adventure, and drama.  Now we just need to see if Russel T Davies can continue this for the next 4 episodes. COE starts shortly after the 3 […]

Everything I Know About Parenting I Learned from Mythbusters

GeekDad has an article up, regarding Everything I Know About Parenting I Learned from Mythbusters. The geek cult around Mythbusters extends beyond the myths, urban legends, and movie magic that hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage bust on the Discovery Channel. Through their science and creativity, the lessons learned on that show are also inspiration […]

Good Luck

Ever feel like your being railroaded? Or that your day is sucking? Well, I think your day is going better than this one. Either way, may your day go better than this.