My Commitment To The Web Design World :: A One-Month Challenge
After reading an article on Smashing Magazine (link to the article is here) that talked about the state of the web design world right now and where it’s progressed, it really got me thinking. The article mentions that the number of experts in the field has not grown proportionately to the number of developers, but…
Build A Home Theatre PC for $317
Although I’ve been planning on it for a while, I’ve been putting off the purchase of a home theatre PC for my house. I’ve been storing all of my media on a server running in my basement, but I didn’t have any way of playing that media on the TV in my living room. An…
Replacing The Junker
Some of you may remember the first car that I owned: a 1994 Plymouth Acclaim. The behemoth handled like a Plymouth van (which handles like a boat) and guzzled gas like it was a Slurpee. The only thing good about that car was that it got me around and it had a pretty awesome custom…
Fix Your Facebook Privacy Settings
Earlier this week, Facebook rolled out a new privacy policy which allows outside applications to view information stored on you, including your likes, connections, education, current city, and more. Needless to say, there’s a big issue with privacy here. While you want your friends to be able to see this information, you want to avoid…
Backup and View Your iPhone SMS Messages For Free
Update: this does not work for iOS 4 and up, due to iTunes encrypting the backed up files. There is an easy fix for all of those with jailbroken devices, however. Stay tuned for that update! Lately I wanted to backup some of my text messages from my iPhone 3GS onto my desktop, but couldn’t…
Switching To DVORAK
Recently I made the decision that I would try to switch keyboard styles. Almost everybody I know uses the standard QWERTY-style keyboards because they are so common, but because I use a keyboard so much, I want to protect my fingers. A bit of background knowledge before I go any further: the most common style…
I’m Back
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted; about three weeks, actually. To the one or two readers I have, my apologies that you don’t have something to waste your time on twice per week. I’m getting back into the writing mood, so I should be building up a buffer of things to write in…
Ubuntu’s Koala Has Good Karma
Canonical’s Ubuntu 9.10 operating system is a work of art. Seriously. I would frame it and mount it on my wall if I could. Unfortunately I can’t, so all I can do is gush about it and tell people about all of it’s amazing features. Non-techies: just smile-and-nod your way through this post 
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iPhone 3.1 Firmware Issues?
After having my iPhone for the past month or so, I’ve found very few problems with it. In fact, I’ve never had a problem yet – until the new 3.1 Firmware Update.
The First Week
Looking forward to going to work Is a feeling that I’ve never felt before this week. It’s an odd feeling, and one I don’t know if I will ever completely get used to. Of course, I’m sure the feeling will wear off after a while. In the past week, I have gotten a number of…
