Category: off-topic

Sherlock figures it out ...

I always thought the allegedly "on/off" switch for the Gateway LT3103u wireless was non-functional. That is, until I inadvertently shut it off.  It's not a two-position switch, it's a "engage and release" switch. d'oh. So, I spent some time wondering… more »

haiku operating system

Wouldn't you know I would go to a Linux computer show, as an exhibitor no less, and come home enamored with a not-linux operating system. Okay, well it's not ready for prime time and who knows when or if it will be.  The exhibitor I talked to said it h… more »

what is eviler than microsoft or apple?

Microsoft AND Apple, combined, of course. So, my wife and daughter buy a two-pack of iTouches.  This all came about because Palm apparently does not market an actual PDA that is not a phone anymore.  So, my wife's secretary decided that an iTouch wo… more »

simon legree

Because what I really want to know is, "who is the evil bean counter at Microsoft who decides which windows features should be disabled in windows 7 "starter" so that you if you want an actual normal version of Windows, you have to upgrade? Commercial… more »

windows 7 starter

hahahahahahaha... more »