Archives for “Computers”

Well, no thanks to the Taiwanese tech support guys, I managed to get my video card working. I was about to pull it out and ...

Agh! Has this horrid design really been up for two weeks? I thought if I put up an ugly design it would motivate me to ...

One of the originals, that is. Apple is set to announce a NEW iMac design come September, which will immediately render the old iMacs obsolete, ...

Now that I'm on a DSL connection, I keep noticing a slight lag between the time that Opera displays the text of a webpage, and ...

After spending the last two nights over at my parents' house trying different things to enhance their networking situation, I finally succeeded in getting everything ...

"If Microsoft is Big Brother, then Apple is Goldstein." -- John Sundman

I just got back from Jill and Eric's house. Under pressure from me, with backup from Annie and Corey, they agreed to watch Pi. Needless ...

So I'm at The Computer Store. It's 8:40 AM. Saturday. I'm behind the service counter eating Snak Pak Cheezy Bitz Peanut Butter Crackers. Wearing an "X... The Future Is ...

I had somewhat of a revelation recently while helping Annie with the computer. Just in the time that she and I have been dating, she's ...

Yet another example of computer manual writers leaving out the most important bit of information: My boss asks me to print up some envelopes with our ...

Hmmm... I'm not sure how to feel lately. I've had one great thing happen and one potentially horrible thing happen. Bad News First: I came into work ...

GOOD NEWS! Both computers are now fully functional again! After trying what tech support suggested for Annie's video card (it didn't work), I was telling ...

Some people take things too seriously. It always amazes me when I see how stressed out people get over the smallest things in their lives. ...

My apologies to any family members or readers of a more linguistically-sensitive nature, but it was needed. For you see, I have acquired somewhat of ...

So I'm working at The Computer Store, that's it's name, just "The Computer Store" With underline and everything, relic of the old days of ...

Lots of crazy stuff going on lately. The Myst 3 themes contract got approved, and this weekend I was putting the finishing touches on the ...

Ha ha! I might be getting out of retail and joining the Brotherhood of the Cut Thumb and the TORX wrench... Wait. Let me ...

So, I 'wake up' after a party where there was a one-legged guy and a bunch of other people I don't know partying in my ...

If there's one thing that Miles and I can relate on (if not agree on), it's the frustrating feeling of preferring one Operating System/Platform over ...

Ha Ha! I am a customizin' man! Behold the screenshot of how smooth my system looks! Behold the transparent desktop icon text! Marvel at my ...

You know, I read about an old experiment that showed the human was the most efficient of all animals for distance traveled to calories expended. ...

Aaargh. I'm never building a computer for anyone else ever again. Almost a year ago, I helped my friend KT build a computer from components. ...

So my computer works again! For the first time in nearly two weeks, I'm doing internet stuff on my computer instead of Annie's! Hooray! How ...

Find a broken computer somewhere. Find a pickaxe, a few friends and a camera. Destroy the computer with your friends and record the events on ...

PORTLAND, OR - Discovered amongst the smoldering wreckage of his computer, 22-year-old Scott Henry Vandehey was proclaimed dead in his apartment early Monday morning. Authorities ...