Archive:January, 2009

Gladys Hardy on Ellen Show

 

This is so incredibly funny! “I have to tell you something. I love Jesus, but I drink a little” and “2 flakes of snow….the local news showed a picture of an ice sickle”. Very entertaining. YouTube Link

Instant Messaging on the Mac

 

I run across people all the time who simply aren’t aware of what great software is available for making your instant messaging experience so much better. So, I’ve taken some notes and I’m ready to share a wealth of knowledge with you. Chat Transcript Manager This is a cool application which lets you organize, search, [...]

Buyer’s Guide to Windows Vista

 

I love the Joy of Tech comics and had to publish this one here because it’s so good. Get more awesome comics like this one here.

WordPress 2.1 Released

 

It has been over a year since WordPress has seen anything except “dot” releases. So, 2.1 brings in several new features. I’m extremely scared of updating WordPress. So scared, in fact, that I haven’t since I switched to WordPress several months ago. Therefore I’m still running a 2.0.2 release. If I do decide to make [...]

New Apple Patent for Optical Drive on Ultra-Portables

 

Apple likes to patent things, that much is evident by now. Any little thing they come up with, patent it! So, it comes as no surprise that Apple has patented a new place for the optical drive on a laptop. Simply put, as laptops get increasingly smaller in size, one of the biggest components is [...]

18 Months of Free Service with Purchase of iPhone

 

This is pretty awesome news for everyone who is even remotely excited about the iPhone. Basically, Cingular will supposedly give 18 months of free service to users who purchase an iPhone when they become available. From the article, it sounds like Apple won’t let Cingular do a mad discount on the phone, so Cingular is [...]

Heroes Returns Tonight

 

The awesome TV show Heroes returns with new episodes tonight on NBC. If you haven’t been watching this show, you need to find some reruns and watch the beginning episodes. I believe that they play on the Sci-Fi channel on Friday nights sometime. This show has an awesome plot line with tons of shrouded motives [...]

Website Updated

 

I just wanted to show off a bit more work that I put in this evening. When I first went with the redesign for the site I had grand thoughts of the big banner images changing themselves out on the page, as a showcase of my best articles. However, I rushed to get the design [...]

Hardware Roundup: iFire, Lanyard Headphones, and Casio Exilim Camera

 

This episode is a bit different from the others in the fact that I talk about some hardware.  Listen in for latest news this week with reviews on the Griffin iFire with Apple Pro Speakers, Apple Lanyard Headphones for iPod Nano, and Casio Exilim EX-Z60 Camera. Music this week is “Animal I Have Become” by [...]

Hillary Clinton Running for US Presidency

 

I was just watching the evening news and Hillary Clinton has made an official announcement stating that she will indeed be running in the Presidential primaries on the Democrat ticket. Very big news! I’m not sure that she’ll win, but she is making history and paving the way for more women in the future, all [...]