Practical Technology

I love Dr. Gregory House. As a journalist, I can really appreciate his view that “Everybody lies.” That may be too cynical for most people, but when it comes to dealing with your e-mail I’m not sure it’s possible to be cynical enough. Every day, and I mean every day, I get not only spam [...]

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Is there anyone left in the world unacquainted with the plight of the Abachas of Nigeria? The Abacha family fortune is not only down to a mere US $30 million, but it’s inaccessible, frozen in certain bank accounts that can be unlocked only with your Urgent Assistance, which usually consists of disclosing a bank account [...]

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Since I’ve grown disillusioned with the KDE 4.x interface to Linux, I’ve been spending more time using the GNOME desktop. With the recent release of GNOME 2.26, I’m really happy I made the move. I started running GNOME 2.26 on the Ubuntu 9.04 alpha a few days ago, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised. While the [...]

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The first news I heard this morning was that Google’s GMail had been down last night. It was also the second, third, and fourth news I heard this morning. Come on already! What did you expect? I hate to tell you this, but the very nature of any online service or SaaS (software as a [...]

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Obama, the first true 21st century President, and his staff have arrived at the White House to find themselves stuck with 20th century Microsoft software… and they’re not happy. According to a report in The Washington Post, Obama’s staffers found themselves blocked from social networks, like Facebook, instant-messaging, and even plain old E-Mail. Worse still, [...]

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