For the 5th time this year, a hard drive has failed on a computer I use regularly. Two on my main PC, one on my Media Center PC, my laptop hard drive, and a PC at work. Luckily, I back everything up on a daily basis so I was up and running the […]
Here are the Firefox Extensions that I use regularly:
BugMeNot - Bypass compulsory web registration with a new context menu
del.icio.us Complete - Easily add sites to your personal del.icio.us collection
Fasterfox - Performance and network tweaks
FaviconizeTab - Shrink your tabs to the size of the site’s favicon
IE Tab - Enables you to use the embedded IE engine […]
In an advance toward understanding the origin of life on Earth, scientists have shown that parts of the Krebs cycle can run in reverse, producing biomolecules that could jump-start life with only sunlight and a mineral present in the primordial oceans.
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After 11 days stranded in Oregon wilderness, missing CNET editor is found; wife and two daughters were rescued Monday.
This is a tragedy. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the Kim family for their loss.
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Make that… my gradual swith to Apple laptop hardware.
My wife’s Dell laptop is officially dead. The socket that the power adaptor plugs into doesn’t seem to provide power to the motherboard. We tried several other power cord/adaptors. I assumed there was some loose connection or cracked solder point. We even […]