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[…]
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New and Improved (Now with Anti-Viral Fighting Power!) Spam
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[…]
Read moreWeird Science
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[…]
Read moreStarGirl’s First E-mail
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[…]
Read more3 a.m. Eternal
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[…]
Read moreFleeing the Modern Radio Wasteland
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[…]
Read moreSpammed By Dean
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[…]
Read moreRediscovering Science Fiction Through Netflix
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[…]
Read moreThoughts from a Four-Month-Old’s Dad
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[…]
Read moreA GPS for My Keys?
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[…]
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