Category Archives: Web/Tech

Guy Who Joke Tweeted About Blowing Up Airport Still Whining

Remember this guy from back in January? It’s so nice for the UK Guardian to give this gent, Paul Chambers, a chance to vent his whine My tweet was silly, but the police reaction was absurd: For one joke on Twitter I’ve had my civil liberties trampled on, and have now got a criminal record […]

FCC Pushes Hard For Net Neutrality Rules. What Could Go Wrong?

Another day, another push by Democrats to control something In a move that will stoke a battle over the future of the Internet, the federal government plans to propose regulating broadband lines under decades-old rules designed for traditional phone networks. The decision, by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, is likely to trigger a vigorous […]

Maybe The iPad Isn’t All That

It surely will not replace a laptop, not when it has 13 glaring shortcomings. If you can’t simply hook it up to your printer with a USB cord, yeah, not a laptop killer. It’s a cute (and expensive) toy.

Sigh. Now The iPad Is Bad For Man Induced Climate Change

One would think that Greenpeace would be happy with all the extra CO2 in the atmosphere, because it stimulates plant growth and will Kill All Humans, thereby freeing the animal kingdom from Evil Mankind. Alas, no A new report linking Apple’s iPad, which debuts Saturday, to global warming has prompted debate among environmentalists about the true […]

Are Wireless Phones The Next Liberal Bugaboo?

The Fish Wrap Of Record has a  long, long, long story, which appears on the front page of today’s edition, about the dangers of driving and wireless phones. There is also quite a bit of information regarding the profits (which, we all know are EVIL in Liberal World) that the industry makes. Is this just […]

Chinese PWN Obama During Human Rights Speech

This is the kind of thing that was bound to happen after the Sec. Of State started off the year by telling the Chinese government that human rights were second to economic survival. It’s also the the kind of thing a country can do when they hold a huge chunk of the U.S. debt in […]

Testing A New Captcha Plugin

WP Captcha-Free is only tested up to WP 2.8.4, I am running 2.8.5, so, want to see if it will work. Essentially, you will not see any sort of challenge. If you could, leave a comment, whatever you want, as a test. Thanks. More: nope, that one sucks, errors out every time for me when […]

FCC Wants Open Internet, Except When They Want Control

Just another case of Los Federales wanting more “transparency and openness,” all the while wanting more control Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is proposing that the agency apply tougher open-Internet rules broadly, raising concerns of cable and phone companies and some lawmakers that the government could try to control efforts to offer products such […]

Twitter For iPhone

Just wondering, what do other people use to Tweet from their iPhone? I have tried 3 different free apps, TwitterFon, Twitterific, and the new TweetDeck. TwitterFon: Good: the easiest of all to see. New tweets are highlighted in light blue, mentions are highlighted in light yellow, the rest of the colors are bright, the font […]

Iphone 3g 3.0 Software – Activate Cellular Data Network

Updated my iPhone and 2 of the store models, everything went well, except for mine, which is giving me an error IPhone Could Not Activate Cellular Data Network. One fix is supposedly to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings Tried that twice, no luck. Tried my sim in 3 other devices (yes, I […]

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