Archives for: September 2010
Reducing Netflix Stutter in Windows Virtual Machine
I've been a long-time user of Unbuntu, abandoning Windows on hardware some time ago. I swap between VMWare and VirtualBox to run Windows for occasions where I must, since I can do just about everything native on the Ubuntu desktop.
I've got a little… more »
The Cove
Recommended by Netflix, I'm sure due in no small part to my other recent viewings of food-based documentaries, like "Food, Inc." This wasn't so much about the kinds of food problems most of us face, but another kind of problem blamed on food.Of cours… more »
Software Makes Us Stupid
I know that occasionally I come off like an arrogant jerk, especially when it comes to goofs and mistakes. I never mean it that way, and certainly never with malice. I make a few goofs myself, although I do try to reduce them before I get ridiculed by ot… more »
Moderation...on
Yesterday was a busy day for some blog spammer. OK, so a busy day for some blog spammer's bot. This little, futile, under-read, barely noticeable blog got hit with 50 comment posts from someone with an e-mail address ending in "vippi.fi" (of course, each… more »
Book-burning Church Getting Too Much Press
Some narrow-minded church leaders and/or members have decided to have a good old-fashioned book-burning, except this time they're burning the Qur'an. A rinky 50-member church has been filling the news feeds on my Google-driven home-page, and the notice e… more »