Ken Newquist Over the last decade or so of my professional life, I’ve had the displeasure (and occasionally terror, frustration and a bunch of other un-nice words) to work with a program called Quark Xpress. For those of you fortunate enough not to have had to deal with the program, Quark is a pagination program — it’s … Read more
The recent spate of viruses and worms to hit the net — notably Sobig, Blaster and Mimmail — have once again proven that people need to keep their antivirus programs current, their computers patched, and a skeptical and wary on any unexpected (or even expected) e-mail they receive. It’s also shown that the major anti-virus … Read more
I’ve been listening to some 80s Internet radio stations at work recently (no doubt reaffirming my … eccentric … taste in music with certain individuals in my Dungeons & Dragons campaign) and I’ve been hearing some old classics like “Weird Science”, “She Blinded Me With Science” and “The Future’s So Bright I’ve Got To Wear … Read more
While I was at work the other day, I was the proud recipient of StarGirl’s very first e-mail. And here’s what it had to say: “m, mmkkk/ bvn bu nmr b 6fcb ,mmm” Brilliant eh? Seems she was happily pounding away at the keyboard while Sue was trying to get some work done, so Sue decided … Read more
I love my five-month-old daughter StarGirl greatly. But that’s not to say that she can’t be very, very trying at times. Like last night. Or should I say yesterday morning? I put her down at around 11 p.m., then headed downstairs to finish up a level in Futurama, a PS2 game I’m in the process of … Read more
Radio is dead. Well, maybe not quite dead, but definitely dying. I first noticed the decline a year or so after Clear Channel bought two of the Lehigh Valley’s radio stations: 95.1 WZZO (a rock station) and 104.1 WAEB (a pop/Top 40 station) in the late-1990s. The radio play lists seemed to become more repetitive … Read more
On the 14th of August I saw my first annoying political ad of the 2003 presidential campaign season. And it wasn’t on TV … it was in my inbox. The message was from Gov. Howard Dean (but don’t look for an apology on his Web site — you won’t find one) and was sent by … Read more
There have been a lot of changes since the baby came, but one of the biggest is that we rarely, if ever, go to Blockbuster any more. Instead, we rent movies from Netflix. For about $20 a month, we can rent three DVDs at a time from the company. We have a standing queue, and … Read more
Keyboards are Fun: Stargirl loves pounding on computer keyboards, and has already managed to send a few e-mails (with a tiny bit of help from Mom). Seeing that she enjoys hitting the keys, we wisely decided to get her some new toys — now she’s got a little laptop of her own, as well as … Read more
Anyone who knows me knows that I have a terrible time keeping track of my keys (though I’ve gotten better). Now there’s a solution that could end my lost keys scramble forever: GPS locator tags Steve Wozniak — who started Apple back in the day with Steve Jobs — has started up a new company … Read more