Posts in the category “technology”
Blackberry Pearl Keyboard Lock
I’ve had a Blackberry Pearl for a few months now and, in general, I love it. It’s a great phone. I love that I can check scores on ESPN and use Google maps and — as a surprise bonus — I can send and receive phone calls and text messages. Here’s what bugs me: The
Computer Programming
Found: One brilliant article about being a programmer Source: MeFi
Outlook 2007 Is a Memory Hog
When I got my new laptop a few weeks ago I thought it was pretty cool that it came with Office 2007. The nifty new toolbars and embedded wavey swooshes are slick. I don’t really mind that by default Word and Excel assume you want to save files with a .docx or .xlsx extension. (That’s
I Always Said ColdFusion Sucked
I cannot believe people still use this garbage.
Unwanted Software
Yesterday I became the proud new owner of a Dell D630 Latitude. Today I began the tiresome task of transferring my life from my old D610 to it. The old laptop was Anchor. (Previous computers were Budweiser, Guinness, and Corona.) The new laptop is Maui. Here is a list of the software that Dell decided
Creating Smarter Playlists
In which I explain some iTunes tricks
Assign a Drive Letter to a Folder
Awesome LifeHacker DOS trick: Give a folder its very own drive letter.
A Wet Laptop
My mom just sent me the following text message: I just dumped a venti starbucks on my work computer! Help! Attempts to contact my mom via her cell phone have failed. Unfortunately even if I could get her on the phone, the only advice I could give her — after over a decade of working
How to Open Outlook Attachments
A friend of mine sent me a link to an iTunes song he thought I’d like. Of course I was unable to open it because it came delivered as an attachment. (Cue scary music.) Microsoft thinks that I can’t possibly be trusted to not open some flesh-eating virus, so by default Outlook blocks everything. It’s