by jtpratt | Aug 9, 2007 | computers, hardware
I’ve seen all kinds of things made from duct tape It seems to be an on and off again fad. My daughter loves to make all kinds of things out of duct tape. She’s made wallets, I think a pair of shoes once, a belt – apparently there are all kinds of web...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | computers
“The Death of Software” is a great Infoworld article I read a couple of weeks back. The subheading says: A developer who’s seen it all believes the U.S. software industry is circling the drain ? and he knows who’s to blame. It’s an op-ed...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | computers, hardware
Wow, Gizmag has a story about Hitachi working on a 5 Terabyte 3.5 inch drive. Not due out until the year 2010, that sure shows how much cheaper storage gets each day. By the time we get that, all of my 700MB CD’s will feel like floppies for sure! You can find...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | computers, firefox, Internet Explorer, tutorial
This is a quick little Metacafe video that shows you how to speed up web browsing in Firefox (and IE) dramatically in about 30 seconds or less. It worked for me, and I have to say that pages load noticably faster now. You’ll see in the video step by step...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | computers, ubuntu linux
For me, setting up a printer was not all that difficult. First, let me say that a little google goes a long way. Honestly, if you got this far and your computer has ubuntu linux installed on it and you’re surfing the web, you should be able to handle setting up...
by jtpratt | Jun 28, 2007 | computers
Years ago (2002 to be exact) I was using Movable Type on this site, and the most popular blog post I ever wrote was entitled “Dell Sucks Dude”. This was the same time that crazy surfer Dude with the weed smoking problem was in all kinds of television ads...
