World record set for human flight distance
Steve Fossett, a millionaire who likes to break records, has successfully completed a flight setting a new world record for solo non-stop distance. His plane, the GlobalFlyer, was designed and…
Fun with search engines…or why the title of this site changed today
Hello, my name is Kelly Adams....and I'm a searchaholic. I like to Google. Google is my friend. Well, most of the time its my friend. Until, that is, I search…
NSLU2 (Linksys networked storage) and Linux SMB/Samba
I really do like my little Linksys storage link. But I've run into a problem with it that is perplexing. One of the reasons I got the NSL was to…
Disney trades human being for cartoon character…
I got a chuckle out of reading this on Slashdot today. Basically, Disney Corp has acquired the copyright to an original Disney character (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit) by trading their…
Will Matrixstream do for IPTV what Vonage did for VOIP?
Voice over IP is so last year. Now companies are looking at delivering television and movies to your home over the Internet. And MatrixStream has hardware and software they hope…
AT&T, Bell, Telus- Internet not a “free ride”
There have been recent news stories about how some Internet service providers are going to put an end to the "free ride" all of us consumers are getting. Various news…
Muslims react to cartoons of Muhammad…Irony
Muslims are rioting and threatening to bomb embassys over the publication of some cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Set aside, for the moment, the debate over free speech versus freedom…
Sometimes it pays to listen to advice- minor house flood
We had a little flood upstairs in our house last week. It meant repairs, ripping up some carpet, fans to dry things out... I'd like to blame faulty construction or…
Network Storage almost in the palm of my hand…
I've started on my 2006 computer upgrade process. The first thing I wanted to get done was to set up network storage for backup and file sharing on my home…
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG): another Firefox advantage
I've heard of SVG before, and was vaguely aware that Firefox 1.5 included an SVG rendering system in its standard feature set. But I hadn't really played with it, so…