A week ago I finally got my long-awaited hand-me-down MacBook Pro laptop from my son. As I explained way back when, it was originally configured to meet the needs of a developer, so it has a lot of capability — certainly far more than my old dying Dell. Faster processor, bigger HD, more memory. And … Continue reading PC to Mac: The journey begins
No doubt you’ve been concerned that I might have fallen off the edge of the earth or something. Well, no, but I did wake up Saturday to discover I had no Internet connection. That’s a catastrophe of the first order around here. Nothing I did could breathe life into my connection, so as a last … Continue reading Miss me?
I feel like a kid in a candy store right now. You remember screensavers, don’t you? Back in the day you absolutely had to use them or you’d burn weird images into your monitor’s screen. And there were screensavers galore to choose from and play with, settings to tweak just so, etc. Everyone had a … Continue reading Rediscovered — my all-time favorite screensaver
Looking for a little relaxation? Something to take your mind off your troubles? I can think of lots of great, expensive, time-consuming ways to occupy your time. But for a little distraction right here, right now, check out these two delightful timewasters at the André Michelle Laboratory: Pulsate and ToneMatrix. Simple instructions for each appear … Continue reading Playing with sound
The old MMORPG video games, while crude by today’s standards, were based on COMMUNITY. Continue reading Remembering DAoC’s Teletha memorial (video)
I feel so much better after seeing this picture. Whenever I start thinking I’m a hopeless slob, I can look at this and see what an amateur I really am. I found it with some other funny computer-related pictures posted on Coool-Stuff. (Maybe this person is not a total slob. There’s a comb on the … Continue reading Oh good, I’m not the slob I thought I was
