Last night, I watched a 60 Minutes episode on CNBC which explored the danger foreign hackers pose to the US, especially to the banking industry, the government, and the power grid. The story (which seemed to be pieced together from stories originally aired on 11/08/09 and 3/27/09) highlighted the rapid spread of the conficker worm, [...]
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Why The Media Ignores Linux
September 19th, 2011 
Tim 
Posted in Internet, Linux, Microsoft, News, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Technology 
Comments OffOS Comparison Chart
July 28th, 2011 Tim I am often asked why I prefer the Linux operating system (OS) to Microsoft Windows or MacOS. One reason is that I like the concept of free sharing of ideas and information espoused by the Linux community. This is in stark contrast to the vicious, litigious culture of trade secrets fostered by proprietary software producers. [...]
Too Old to Rock n Roll?
July 7th, 2011 Tim For the first in a series of video updates, I thought I’d warm up with Bony Maroney in my ‘fake-ass Johnny Winter that I haven’t played in years’ style. The slow bit at the end is a transition to the John Lennon cover from his underrated album, Rock n Roll.
Independence Day?
July 4th, 2011 Tim My fellow Americans… Happy Independence Day! Hope the holiday weekend has been fun. While we’re busy waving flags, grilling burgers, shooting off fireworks, and shouting “Hooray for US!” let’s remember what this day means. Today, we celebrate our hard won freedom from an oppressive, tyrannical government which held little regard for the rights of the [...]
Change Can Be Scary
July 2nd, 2011 Tim It’s that time again. Time for a change. I’ve felt this coming for a long time, but it is scary. Partly because I’m not so young anymore. I’m exhausted all the time, in pain every day. I just want relief, not more discomfort. But I know, if there is any hope of getting my life [...]
Spell-check Must Die!
October 4th, 2010 Tim I hereby offer my services as a proofreader for any blogger or web developer. I am disgusted with the increase in typos, spelling and grammar errors, incorrect usage and general illiteracy on the Internet. I blame much of this on the use of spell-check utilities as an alternative to proofreading. On a domain name auction [...]
One Word .Asia Domain Name Sale
September 9th, 2010 Tim $75. for 25 one word .Asia names as a package. Expire June ’11, free push from DomainMonster. PayPal. Holla! elope.asia erupt.asia flee.asia fling.asia fondle.asia
Stupid Things #1 – Changing Amazon Email
August 8th, 2010 Tim I decided to start a gripe list. So here is the Stupid Things item for today.
Changing Amazon Associates email is incredibly convoluted and stupid. At every other site, you change your email by logging in, changing your email, and verifying the new address (with a notice sent to the old address).
Virtual and Real Currency Exchange
March 9th, 2010 Tim I had an idea several years ago for a web site that acted as an exchange for real and virtual currencies. I was never an avid gamer but, after discovering Second Life and IMVU, I realized how many people were spending (and earning) money in these 3D virtual worlds. While there are some companies (IGE [...]
Posted in Finance, Future, Internet, Virtual Worlds 
Tags: currency, currency connect, cyber, exchange, FaceBook, fund, ige, imvu, money, myyearbook, network, paypal, second life, social, virtual, Web Comments OffMozilla Firefox vs. Google Chrome
February 22nd, 2010 Tim I haven’t made any scientific comparisons, I only share my experience. I’ve been a devoted Mozilla/Firefox user for many years. My current workhorse is an AMD Phenom Quad core box with 8GB RAM and it flies. I tend to keep 40-60 tabs open, on average. I can run the latest Firefox on this box and [...]
Posted in Browsers, Reviews Tags: browser, chrome, Firefox, Google, mozilla, performance 9 Comments »
