Category: Geek

Thanks for all the goodies, Google. 4

Thanks for all the goodies, Google.

Okay, I'll admit it: I love the toys that Google puts out. I use GMail for all of my personal e-mail, I schedule appointments with Calendar, and I use a bunch of their plug-ins...

Don't send spam, m-kay? 7

Don't send spam, m-kay?

Some map company in Arizona thought it would be funny to send me some spam the other day. Tonight, I did a little research and then responded.

Anonymous Cowards and Blogs 5

Anonymous Cowards and Blogs

Since as far back as I can remember, Slashdot has allowed people to post anonymous comments on any entry. The catch is that they had their posts automatically knocked down a level and they...

Nintendo Poised to pwnz0r Microsoft, Sony 3

Nintendo Poised to pwnz0r Microsoft, Sony

Have any of you actually seen the prices on an XBox 360 or the constantly-delayed Playstation 3? Charging $600 for a game console seems to be taking excess to brand new heights. The real...

MySpace: The Internet's Largest Cesspool 7

MySpace: The Internet's Largest Cesspool

The more I use MySpace, the more I end up hating it. I'm sure all of you are familiar with the world's largest social networking site. Most of you probably have a profile on...

Weird Al Proves Just How Funny He Is 3

Weird Al Proves Just How Funny He Is

In anticipation of the release of the new Straight Outta Lynwood album on September 26th, Weird Al has given us a sneak peak by releasing one of his songs over the Internet. The song,...

Website Update: Internet Explorer Works Again 1

Website Update: Internet Explorer Works Again

I figured out what was breaking Internet Explorer, and it's fixed now. It apparently doesn't handle an empty list very gracefully, choosing instead to just break everything. I still recommend Firefox.

Why do phone companies have to stink? 0

Why do phone companies have to stink?

There must be an unwritten rule somewhere that if you're a phone company, one or more aspects of your company must be lousy. Some companies go for pricing, others for service, a couple for...