Blog Master G

Imagine a world without any spam. Ahh…the peace, the quiet. Think that’s impossible? Well, even with software like SpamAssassin installed on my server, I still have to go into my spam directory to clear it out from time to time and make sure no real messages ended up there. I also get a number of […]

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Today I bought my first laser printer. Folks have often asked me why I, someone who loves technology like I do and who prides himself on having all the latest gadgets, don’t have a printer. Well, I’m also cheap when it comes to things like that. I’ve always had access to laser printers at work, […]

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The Google Weblog contains a recent entry with a couple links to stories that examine the possibility of a Google IPO and the company’s ever-growing role as Shaper of the Web. Of particular interest to me is the Wired story called Google vs. Evil, which is a really good read about the company’s role not […]

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Swerdloff.com has a really good point about putting old technology to new use: To solve the medical, nutritional, and dozens of other problems facing the world today. Google is already doing just this by leveraging the inactive cycles of computers that have its Toolbar installed (like mine). The first beneficiary of this effort is Stanford’s […]

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Jonty sent me the URL to this Sacramento Bee story about Apple suing a former employee over allegedly posting schematics for a not-then released model of the G4. The guy worked in the Laguna office, which is where James used to work. Apparently the dumbass who released confidential info thought Apple must’ve been joking when […]

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Taking another step ahead in the search engine competition with Yahoo and others, Google recently unveiled its new Froogle service, which allows users to search specifically for products for sale online. I gave it a quick test and it’s really cool. I will definitely keep it in mind for future research.

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I posted this message to Google Groups today. There’s probably a simple answer out there, so if you know, please let me know.

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My switch to Movable Type has had an interesting effect on how I think about my blog entries. Because there is a now a title and category associated with each entry, I’ve found that I am becoming forward-thinking in terms of what I write and how I categorize each entry (what happens if I want […]

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The test site has been moved into production, so to speak! The blog is now live in its new and improved Movable Type format. Everything looks mostly OK, with a few small kinks to work out. It took a long time to get here, but I’m glad it’s finally (almost) done.

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On Saturday while watching the first several episodes of the first season of Buffy, Jen took a quick break to check her email. Among her new messages was one from our friend Jessie that looked like this: ————— Can anyone tell me the name of this song and the artist it’s bothering me… http://www3.quantumlynx.com/barontech/list/sayit.swf ————— […]

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