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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…
ENFISH FIND
I keep searching for the perfect way to index Outlook and my documents so information can be found easily. I’ve been using 80-20 Retriever, which integrates with Outlook,…
HP TO ACQUIRE COMPAQ
Well, this ought to be all over the news in the morning. Hewlett Packard has agreed to buy Compaq Computers in a stock swap valued at $25 billion. That promises to shake up the…
EXCITE@HOME
CNET put together a good analysis of why Excite@Home is falling apart. It’s the largest high-speed Internet provider in the United States, and it’s speeding like a…
WINDOWS XP ANSWERS
This is a good article with brief comments on five questions about Windows XP: Can your system run Windows XP? How can you check for Windows XP compatibility on your computer? Is…
DIRECPC vs. STARBAND
Slowly but surely the satellite service is getting more consistent. It’s still not a trouble-free choice, but it hasn’t made me scream in the last few weeks. CNET has…
AMAZON SELLS COMPUTERS
Amazon has opened up an online store for selling computers from major manufacturers – Compaq, HP, IBM, Toshiba, and Apple. Amazon inked a deal with Ingram Micro, the number…
WINDOWS XP AND DIGITAL CAMERAS
I have a Sony digital camera. It was tough to get it to work with Windows 2000 – I had to hunt down beta drivers and deal with Sony’s non-standard way of accessing…
GATEWAY WOES
Gateway is struggling more than you realize. Its business plan is a mess – there’s no money to be made from consumer PCs, but it’s had no luck figuring out what…
NEW CELERON PROCESSORS
On Friday, Intel will release new, faster Celeron processors, which will show up in PCs in the $800-$1,000 range. For that price, you’ll get a 1GHz or 1.1GHz processor,…
INTERNET EXPLORER 6
No rush, but if you’re interested Microsoft released Internet Explorer 6 today. It addresses some additional privacy concerns, supposedly including a cookie manager of some…
INTEL CUTS PRICES
I’ve been distracted by Windows XP for the last week. Sweet stuff! Watch for prices to take another sharp plunge this week. Intel is slashing processor prices today –…
WINDOWS XP
I wiped out my hard drive and did a clean install of Windows XP over the weekend. This is just dynamite stuff, folks – every place I look I’m finding new things to…
SATELLITE UPDATE
New software, new hardware at the network operations center – slowly but surely the DirecPC two-way satellite service is coming to life. July was dismal but August has been…
CHEAP COMPUTERS
There’s good reasons to spend a bit extra on a Dell computer – better quality, better support, and better software choices (including Microsoft Office XP and a free…
PONG
If you’ve got your Shockwave plugin all spiffed up and ready, go play 3D first-person pong. A remarkable bit of programming.