Looking to clean some junk out of your Windows startup? The guys at SysInternals, who produce some of the best free Windows utilities, have a utility calls Autoruns, that can really help. Autoruns knows all the places that things can hook into Windows. Browser helper objects (BHO’s), shell extensions, print monitors, and lots more. Cleaning […]
I’ve always had a strange irrational fear of flying. I know that flying is still the safest way to travel, but it just seems like while I’m on a plane, every little bump or noise would worry me. I just went through a little spate of travelling, though, with 8 flights in the last month, […]
Dare Obasanjo asks Where is the Killer App for Events? The killer app for events is email. I use Yahoo! Calendar, and I’ve been using it for years. I enter things like birthdays, anniversaries, and other recurring events I want to remember, and every year, I get an email a few days before the event. […]
So now that they’ve announced it, we get to answer the question: Do people really want a mobile video device? Microsoft tried with their portable media centers; cell phone companies have been trying in various ways, but none have really caught on. The same was true with MP3 players before the iPod: There were already […]
Dave sold his ping server sold for $2.3 million dollars. This depresses me. I’ve had the opportunities to create the sorts of things in the blogging space that have now started turning into real cash for their creators, but I’ve never had the time to really pursue them. Or rather, I guess, I’ve never made […]
You can get a Dell Dimension 5150n with no OS for about $649 US. But as The Register points out, it’s not such a great deal. Let me tell you a little story about our new house. It’s being built, and we have the opportunity to make requests of the builder. For example, changing wiring […]
Om Malik’s comments on writing on the web. What I don’t understand is why there isn’t more work underway to make the browser a better rich client. We’ve been typing into browsers for what, 10 years now? And the browser still doesn’t have a built-in rich text editor. Not only that, but even though there’s […]
The Register reported on an iPod Nano that survived the wash, and I’ve had my own cell phone survive the same test. I don’t know how often washing machines are the death of mobile technology but it happens, and it happens often. I’d pay more for a product that promised it would (or at least, […]
Wal-Mart’s having a big anniversary sale, and the front entrance had a giant tower of value packs of Charmin, for a good price. I’ve never used Charmin, long convinced that Cottonelle is the one true roll, but I figured I’d give it a try. Now, I’m not really going to comment on the relative softness […]
I’m not sure I get the point. Here’s my writeboard. Looks like a wiki to me. The password is ‘secret’ if you want to edit it..