Ken Newquist My PC’s in its golden years. It’s a Pentium III 450 MHz machine with 384 meg of ram. It’s adequate for word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail and some Web editing, but its days as a glorious gaming machine are rapidly fading into distant memory. I can’t afford a new one just yet, so I’ve been looking … Read more
I took the plunge last night, and ordered a wireless hub (by Netgear) and an Airport card (by Apple) in an effort to finally go wireless at home. The nifty new Apple Airport Extreme wireless hub is neat — it supports the blazing fast IEEE 802.11g wireless standard, and is a reasonable $199 (as opposed … Read more
A new virus allegedly called “WTC Survivor” virus allegedly threatens to turn victims computers into a digital disaster by deleting dynamic link libraries. Fortunately it’s a hoax, albeit one in very bad taste. Here’s the original e-mail: Date Collected: 3/21/2002 “BIGGGG TROUBLE !!!! DO NOT OPEN “WTC Survivor” It is a virus that will erase … Read more
Bill Gates is a very, very rich man. Perhaps wealthier than many of us could imagine, but even with all of his money, not even Bill Gates could afford to give everyone on the net a share of his fortune. Yet that’s exactly what a hoax that’s been circulating the net for decades (well, in … Read more
Not to long ago, I updated a hoax about killer South American spiders that were allegeldy infesting airplanes as well as a certain restaurant in Chicago. That very same hoax has now mutated, and shows all the signs of becoming a truly enduring urban legend. You can read about the original hoax here; to learn about … Read more
Today I had the unfortunate pleasure to have to download and install Netscape Communicator 4.06, a browser which I have loathed since its release back in 1998. As a browser, the Netscape 4.x was slow, buggy and prone to screwing up perfectly coded Web pages, and the damn thing was barfing over one of the … Read more
I got my latest issue of Dragon yesterday and discovered its section dedicated to a “countdown” to the revised edition of D&D, which is supposed to be released this summer. The new release includes revisions and tweaks based on customer feedback, rules integrated from the various handbooks, and about 25% new material. I’m ambivalent about … Read more
It must be some kind of record … at least for the Newquists. Our Christmas tree is down and it’s only January 13. It seems strange not to have it in the library any more — it’s something of a tradition in my family to keep the tree up until at least the third week … Read more
It had been weeks since I’d had a fix. Oh, I’d gone to my dealer, and picked up the goods, sampling them as soon as I got to the car. But the holiday’s wrecked havoc with my free time, and I was forced to lock them away in their little plastic cases for most of … Read more
So what’s a NukeBlog? Good question. In thinking about Nuketown, I’ve found that there really wasn’t any place for me to post quick hits about topics currently on my mind. Admittedly, I could’ve just used “editorials” for that, but personally, I view an editorial as something a little more thought out, a little more polished. … Read more