What’s Twitter, you ask? It’s a blog where you answer just one question, in 140 characters or less: “What are you doing?” People think it’s surprising that this is interesting and addicting. I don’t agree with them; it’s always been a fascination to see what other people are up to, and what’s better is that…Continue Reading…
Yesterday, we ran out towards Vons to pick up some French Bread… but we ran into seven police cars all around one area of that shopping center, with the police officers parked, and out of their cars, with their guns drawn. One was hiding behind a tree, while others were behind their cars. Also, there…Continue Reading…
I just found a webcomic called xkcd, and some of their strips are really funny. Here’s one I liked.
On April 12, 2003, I read this comic in my Daily Dilbert email. This was back in the days when I still used gengar56 as my handle, instead of present-day intelliot. This was also back in the golden age of GizmoBytes. My, how things have changed :) Being the geek I am, I went and…Continue Reading…
Not everyone agrees with Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. I’m currently watching a video on The Great Global Warming Swindle, and it’s certainly convincing. After all, climatologists need us to believe global warming is real in order to keep getting funding for research. Otherwise, it’s not a problem, and we can go on with our…Continue Reading…
You don’t really know which wireless network you’re connected to. Wireless security is a very difficult thing. I was reminded of just how difficult it can be by an article I read in the Los Angeles Times today. I can name my network whatever I want. I can call it “Linksys”, “D-Link”, “USC Wireless”– even…Continue Reading…