Archive for June, 2005

Tuesday, June 21st, 2005

From the HD Hell files: After a customer forgot their Mac OS X system password, I set out to walk them through the standard procedure of starting up the install disk and running the password reset utility…
Me: Ok we’ll have to put in your Mac OS X Install disk into your drive and restart the […]

Monday, June 20th, 2005

Commenting on the impending series between the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox, starting pitcher Mark Buehrle had some choice words about cheating and accused an unnamed Cub of using spitballs.
Tommy John alumnus Ryan Dempster shot back several sharp comments which have earned him this week’s Oculon.org Most Sarcastic Baseball Player of the Week […]

Thursday, June 16th, 2005

Stairs and Elevators
Heartless Bastards
I’m not huge on reviewing music but the Heartless Bastards rock. Melodic, soulful and loud. Serve with windows down and volume up.
Score: 92

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

Local webmaster spoofs face analyzer

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

Awesome, just awesome

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

Hey more financial data loss!
In one of the largest breaches of data security to date, CitiFinancial, the consumer finance subsidiary of Citigroup, announced yesterday that a box of computer tapes containing information on 3.9 million customers was lost by United Parcel Service last month, while in transit to a credit reporting agency.
Citigroup claims that […]

Monday, June 6th, 2005

-Take that Coldplay
-Shades of Dukakis

Friday, June 3rd, 2005

One of the “perks” of being the wireless guy is that you get a lot of random PDA’s that have wireless networking slapped onto them in the sense that a modded out Honda Civic has the capability of fast acceleration because someone welded a gaudy spoiler on the back.
Let’s make this quick, the i730 is […]

Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

When I bought my powerbook this spring, I figured that my technology budget was tapped out for quite some time, but low and behold, this blog author has once again been seduced by slick marketing and bigger, newer numbers of marginal consequence.
Due to cable issues at my new apartment, I’ve installed a brand new 802.11g […]