I recently started to use Last.fm. It’s basically a little app that tracks what you listen to. The most compelling feature to me is how, over time, it builds up a profile of the music you like. Once it has enough information, it can begin recommending other things you might like, based [...]
I finally got an beta invite to Joost. It’s basically IPTV. This could have a lot of potential.
I’ve always done my own taxes and there’s no better way to do that than with tax preparation software. I’ve used both Intuit’s TurboTax and H&R Block’s TaxCut software. This year, I decided to try both! (No, I don’t enjoy doing taxes — I promise.) The goal would be to see [...]
According to Speedtest.net, I’m getting a download speed of 22,767 kbps. That’s almost 3MBps!
I have been using w.bloggar as my blogging tool but this particular post was written and posted using Microsoft Word 2007. I first found it a bit strange that Microsoft included the ability to post to various blog sites and software (WordPress included), but it’s quite nice. The familiar Word interface and built-in [...]
Have you ever used an application that snapped its windows to the edge of other windows and the desktop itself? I don’t exactly know why I like all my IM windows to line up perfectly. Or why I don’t like gaps between the edge of the window and the edge of the monitor [...]
Is anyone else taking the plunge? Here’s the cost breakdown of all the versions:
Vista Home Basic - $191.99 - $199.99
Vista Home Basic Upgrade - $99.99
Vista Basic OEM - $99.99
Vista Home Premium - $226.99 - $239.99
Vista Home Premium Upgrade - $152.99 - $159.99
Vista Home Premium OEM - $119.99
Vista Business - $283 - $299.99
Vista Business Upgrade [...]
It all started when my hard drive crashed. Since then, another identical drive crashed! WTF? I’ve determined the cause was the fact the drives are old (7-10 years), they’ve been in a very hot environment (#1 killer for hard drives), and they’ve pretty much been running 24 hours a day, 7 days a [...]
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 the past few weeks, Firefox usage at apacheguide.org has surpassed Internet Explorer usage. Here’s the stats:
Firefox - 46.71%
Internet Explorer - 45.48%
Opera - 4.84%
Mozilla - 1.36%