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The Circus of Dr Lao: A Small, Strange American Masterpiece
Psst. Come in, come in! I’ve got a weird and wonderful book for you. There are books that feel like neatly arranged shelves. Then there are books like The Circus of Dr. Lao , which feels more like someone opened a door in the back of the room and a carnival wandered…
PRIMER ON NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE
Network Attached Storage devices (“NAS”) are starting to appear regularly at small businesses. An NAS device is a small box with one or more hard drives and a simple…
BE PREPARED FOR PATCH TUESDAY
Your computer will restart tonight. It’s Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month, when Microsoft releases security updates that will be automatically installed…
COMCAST OUTAGES
I have a bit of downtime while I wait for my Comcast connection to come back to life. It was out Sunday for an hour or so, which might (or might not) have been a side effect of…
THE FUTURE OF GRAPHICS CARDS
Wrestling with a black screen drew my attention to the world of video cards and computer graphics. Vista’s pretty visual effects – translucent borders, 3D flipping…
NET NEUTRALITY EXPLAINED
At its heart, “net neutrality” involves a simple question: Should your Internet provider have any control over how you use your Internet connection? You’re…
BLACK SCREEN (WITH CURSOR)
Spent a few hours chasing down a problem with my office computer last night. It’s just remarkable how many ways our computers can go wrong, isn’t it? Honest, I would…
FONT MYSTERIES
Sharp-eyed Microsoft Office users might have noticed that the default fonts are changed in Office 2007. The old familiar names are still there – Arial, Times New Roman,…
RANDOM OUTLOOK 2007 NOTES
When I set up a new computer these days, I spend almost no time describing new features in Windows Vista – people are generally able to start using it right away with a…
GOOGLE LAUNCHES FUTURE SEARCH
Google Australia launched Gday today, a new search engine that allows users to search content on the internet before it is created. “Google spiders crawl publicly available…
WINDOWS SEARCH 4
Microsoft released a preview of Windows Search 4 today, an update to the Windows Desktop Search program that is built into Windows Vista and can be installed separately on…
THE END OF WINDOWS XP
Windows XP will stop being sold by computer manufacturers (Dell, HP, and the rest) on June 30, 2008. Too many people have been writing too much nonsense about Windows Vista,…
THE ART OF THIN
An effective ad from Lenovo to demonstrate that the Thinkpad X300 compares favorably to the MacBook Air.
ONENOTE FOR LAWYERS
Here’s a short article from the ABA’s Law Practice magazine noting the many ways that Microsoft OneNote 2007 can be used by lawyers for everything from trial…
VISTA SP1 SUPPORT
If you have any difficulty installing Vista Service Pack 1 or dealing with problems after installation, Microsoft is offering unlimited installation and compatibility support…
VISTA SP1 & SEARCH
Searching in Vista quickly becomes second nature. Clicking the Start button and typing the name of a program brings it up immediately – no need to hunt through the long…