During the company meeting on October 1st, we were taught how to play Myachi (think hacky sack for the back of your hands) by two good natured people. Here is the video of their efforts:
Pretty funny. I have friends who work at the W3C. They will get a kick out of this!
The Finnish ISP Mikkelin Puhelin is blocking access to the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) site, describing it as child porn.
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This sounds like something out of the “Pre Crime” division from Minority Report…
The new technology is, to its critics, Orwellian. Others view it as a silver bullet against terrorism that could render waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods obsolete. Some scientists predict the end of lying as we know it.
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A while back, I documented the trouble I had using MacJournal with WordPress. I have never gotten the silly program to work with WordPress. Ashame, really, because MacJournal is a nice looking application.
This week I purchased a copy of the Back to School bundle from Mac Update. MacJournal, and about 10 other applications, [...]
The guy I purchased the Acer Aspire One from Craigslist also had an OS X desktop system available. He originally quoted me a very good price. However, from the time I bought the Aspire One to when I emailed a few days later about the desktop system, the price had gone up by $150. The [...]
Instructions for installing OSx86 on generic hardware.
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The one thing I decided to do with the money from the house was to update my computer systems. My portable is three years old (bless its heart) and the desktop, a Mac Mini, is half that age.
The Mini been a workhorse and very stable. The little box has been maxed out with 2 [...]
The Miami-based firm said during a press conference this afternoon it plans to challenge Apple’s long-standing licensing ban on running the Mac operating system on non-Apple branded devices.
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If you are considering telecommuting, here are some excellent points to ask before jumping from the cube to the homefront.
Forty percent more employers are offering telework programs this year than last. Before you say yes to telework, make sure you’ve asked yourself and your employees these tough questions.
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T-Mobile will launch an Android phone this year (most likely the HTC Dream, which recently passed FCC approval) and with Google allowing developers access to version 0.9, we’ll soon see if it has managed the finesse of an iPhone with Nokia-grade functionality.
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