WordPress. It’s not just for blogging anymore.
I stumbled across this article by Steve Strauss on the Amex Open Forum website that explains very well why everyone who knows better is switching their website platform to WordPress, whether it is or has a blog – or not. The heart of the article: As you may know, WordPress is a popular program that [...]
to hackintosh or not to hackintosh?
A post from Macworld’s comments I put up, it was about a new Mac that was running very fast, except for the special DVD drive that Apple installed that made the machine run slow in one of the tests. @JamesGowan, you wrote: FedEx will be dropping me off a new Mac Pro on Wednesday that [...]
David Pogue’s Column this week about OpenDNS
In his column this week, Simplifying the Lives of Web Users, David Pogue wrote about the OpenDNS service. I’m writing this post in the event that people I work with might have seen it and might be thinking to switch. Don’t switch unless you have kids – the filtering is free and easy. The short [...]
Add Hard Drives to Notebook Computers, Even Macs!
I have a few people that I know that have notebook computers that are looking to buy new systems or need more space for one reason or another. I want to put the word out there that especially if you have bought your laptop in the past 3-4 years, you may have a lot of [...]
Copyright Infringement Law Note
The New York Times yesterday wrote an article, “Judge Sides With Google in Viacom Video Suit” about Google being vindicated in a copyright infringement lawsuit: The judge granted Google’s motion for summary judgment, saying the company was shielded from Viacom’s copyright claims by “safe harbor” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Those provisions generally [...]
Sirius Radio: Nightmare
Mr. Mel Karmazin, CEO SIRIUS® Radio 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Dear Mr. Karmazin: Your customer service is awful. I tried to sign up for Sirius Radio to listen to Rosie Radio. Your website malfunctioned when I tried to register my account many times and I spent an hour on the [...]
Kaspersky Notes
This article from Raymond.cc provides help with 2 things: 1, How to defrag your system with Kaspersky installed; but! 2, by disabling the self defense module he mentions, it allows a tech support person to run the computer and control Kaspersky remotely, something which I thought was not changeable! Great stuff! How to Fully Defrag [...]
Figure Out “Unknown Devices” in Device Manager
Unknown Device Identifier is freeware and should help you figure out what those unknown devices are! Looks great. Googling information from other clues is such a hassle.
The Gizmodo’s Guy Got His Computers Seized?
I wrote this comment in the New York Times today, I am heartsick over what was done to this journalist for getting his hands on an iPhone prototype: Given that Jason Chen promptly returned the lost iPhone when requested in writing, I’m apt to believe his story that the phone was quickly locked/bricked and therefore [...]
Renaming Digital Camera Files
You know when you have 50-100 pictures uploaded and the camera just gives them some name like DSC0001.jpg in number order? What do you do? I saw this program A Better Finder Rename and thought oh that’s just one of those quirky utilities… WRONG! Look at this screen shot – how many times would I [...]