Category: Technology

  • Do I get a Dell, a Sony or something else?

    I’ve held out but I now have to face the inevitable – my venerable IBM T30 Thinkpad laptop just doesn’t deliver the goods any more and I have to replace it. It’s been a terrific computer during the past four…

  • From cheating and lying to betterment

    One of the great things about RSS readers, and FeedDemon in particular, is how they enable you to see what’s going on in your areas of interest easily and quickly. So in the space of 20 minutes or so this…

  • Credible reporting on Second Life from Newsweek

    The July 30 edition of Newsweek magazine has a pretty good series of features about Second Life. Unlike an impression I get from reading some other mainstream media reporting on Second Life recently, it’s clear that reporter Jessica Bennett has…

  • The Stumble Upon effect

    Last last night while doing some site chores – getting rid of trapped comment spam, backing up the database, etc – I noticed there had been an enormous amount of inbound traffic during the day to one particular post. That…

  • Easy audio-visual screen capture with Jing

    If you want a very easy and simple way to capture something on your computer screen and easily share it with friends or colleagues, look no further than the Jing Project. A new service from TechSmith – makers of long-established…