Category Archives: Tech

Around the Web

Posted on February 17 2004 by Mickey

    I’m bored. Too bored to even form sentences. Here are links.    • From the Toronto Sun: 17-year-old surfing the web discovered his mother abducted him fourteen years ago.    • First the BBC criticizes UK government, then … Continue reading →

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Mac Attack

Posted on February 12 2004 by Mickey

    Now that Virginia Tech has switched to Xserve, they’re selling off the 1,100 G5s which had formerly been their supercomputer. These 2GB dual-processor Power Macs, with 1GB of RAM and 160GB of hard drive space, are going for … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Michaela

Posted on February 7 2004 by Mickey

    Like I said yesterday, my favorite segment of The Screen Savers was when Michaela Pereira would show up and tease her Tech Live show which followed. Here’s video of Michaela’s last appearance, with her Tech TV veteran peer … Continue reading →

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Say It Isn’t So!

Posted on February 6 2004 by Mickey

    Something else in my Inbox. According to their newsletter, tonight marks the last appearance of Michaela Pereira on Tech TV! Tonight is Michaela Pereira’s final appearance on a weekday edition of “Tech Live.” Today’s her last day at … Continue reading →

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Dumbass Scumsucking Spammer of the Day

Posted on February 6 2004 by Mickey

    Just got this in my Inbox. Advertising a “low-carb diet patch”, the brain trust at Pengo Deals titled their e-mail “How Movie Stars Loose Wait!” Bravo, you magnificent dumbasses, bravo.

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A 20 Year Old Apple

Posted on January 24 2004 by Mickey

    Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Mac. Coincidentally, this happens right at the time for it to mean something to me, as I’ve just started using Apple products. In honor of this momentous occasion, let’s celebrate not … Continue reading →

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File Sharing Declared Legal by GOP

Posted on January 23 2004 by Mickey

    First the Boston Globe breaks the story, yesterday, of how GOP leaders were able to hack a computer belonging to Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committe — a story which I’m hoping will be referred to as … Continue reading →

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Aitch Tee Tee Pee

Posted on January 19 2004 by Mickey

    The long arm of Microsoft is after the insidious Mike Rowe, a 17-year-old Canadian who had the gall to buy a web domain based on his own name. Since he’s a web designer, he chose http://www.mikerowesoft.com, but, according … Continue reading →

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Opt Out, Out In, Opt This

Posted on January 3 2004 by Mickey

    The CAN SPAM act has been law since Thursday, and it’s obvious our Congress has done its usual bang-up job of lawmaking. Back last year I would get around three hundred e-mails a day, maybe twenty of which … Continue reading →

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QuickPar

Posted on December 20 2003 by Mickey

    Now that, following last week’s hardware tragedy, I’m limited to only the Windows 2000 part of my dual-boot system, I can’t believe how far to seed I let the old place go. Somehow I managed to load and … Continue reading →

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