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Charged Up
Smart Phones, Not People
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Cats on the Internet Make Everyone Feel Better
Cat Immersion Project — One of the most heart-wrenching situations that anyone may see is to watch a child endure the treatment of cancer. In addition to the direct side effects, cancer treatments often create a weakened immune system. These… Read more ›
Kicking It Old School
Please Pass the Floppy — So the call came last Saturday night. “I rebooted my server and it’s not coming back up. I’m getting a blue screen that says I should contact my administrator — That’s you, right?” Yep. That’s… Read more ›
Space — The Final Frontier… Been There, Done That
This past weekend, the wife and kids left me to fend for myself while they enjoyed some time at the beach. On the plus side, I found myself with an interesting Friday night TV dilemma. The SyFy channel was running… Read more ›
This Is Not the Apocalypse
DNSChanger — News alert! It seems that everyone (meaning, the national media) last week figured out that computers can get viruses, and that these viruses can cause computers to break. Wow! How about that! Just in case you were hiding… Read more ›
Hack Augusta
Hackathon! — A shout out goes to Josh Bolin and the entire crew of folks who pulled together the first Augusta Hackathon last weekend. Hackathon events, made famous by Facebook, pull together software coders and designers in a rapid-development effort… Read more ›
Rise of the Ballbots
It’s All About Apple — This week is the 2012 edition of Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, or affectionately known as WWDC. Typically, Apple uses this event to introduce its new products. In typical Apple fashion, the announcements were shrouded… Read more ›
When the Government Comes Knocking…
When the Government Comes Knocking — We all trust our internet activity, whether it’s online conversations, thoughts, locations or photos, to companies like Google, AT&T and Facebook. Usually, we don’t give much of a thought about what is out there.… Read more ›
That New Car Smell
by Greg Baker Once again, I’ve been bamboozled. Last year I wrote a eulogy on the Space Shuttle and the decaying state of the U.S. space program. All the political hacks and talking heads couldn’t stop making hay over… Read more ›