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What Five Years can do to Internet Explorer

As I unwind from a long day of educational mind-molding and customer-service mind-turning work, I am reminded thanks to the crew of fellow geeks and tech enthusiasts over at Gizmodo that today, or thereabouts, marks the fifth anniversary of a little thing many of us call Firefox. Call it insignificant, call it game-changing.  Whatever you call it, whether you use it or not, Firefox has become the big dog of the little dogs.  No longer do we have to browse the Internet in the bloatware that co...

11.10.09

Let the countdown begin to the years most anticipated video game release.  Seriouslys, if they put this trailer out there, who wouldn't be amped for the release?  See all you nerds at midnight on Live.  Nerd out.

(500) Days of Autumn

I told a friend I'd write this post a long time ago. I guess it took a few days off from work, no energy, a stomach flu, and a sudden inspiration to write to get this one off the ground. It's probably a combination of all of the above. That, and my summer's coming to an end. (500) Days of Summer. It's the story of a Los Angeles we love to hate. It's the story of a job we despise. It's the story of a girl we love. But this is not a love story. It is not the story of boy meets girl, even though, ...

It’s Vista, but Works

The boys in Redmond finally seem to have figured things out. Maybe it just stopped raining all day, every day on the big giants campus up North, maybe not...probably not. The bottom line is, Windows 7, the successor to the clumpy, bloated, and obnoxious Vista that just seemed to never work, seems to do just the opposite - that is, it works. Every major new OS release seems to bring its problems. Remember when XP came out with some major security flaws? By Service Pack 2, though, XP has been a s...

Lollapalooza!

Call it musical fever, call it excitement. After this year's Weenie Roast concert [KROQ], I've gotten concert and mash up fever. Here's the promo trailer for this year's Lollapalooza in Grant Park, Chicago!

One People, One World

In our ever globalizing world, news and information is available to those "connected" folks worldwide within seconds. This most recent presidential election proved that technology is what we rely on. And if one things for sure, those that know how to effectively utilize the mediums of technology that interconnect us all can rapidly spread information, gain support, and share information. President Obama realized the importance of social networking in America and around the world. Contrastingly S...

Prospectus

In the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, an initiative that became known as the Patriot Act saw its creation. Spearheaded by President George W. Bush, the Patriot Act enabled government agencies and agents much looser means of obtaining information and carrying out missions. The FISA courts, clad with concrete walls and windowless rooms deep within guarded government buildings, became the outlet for these actions. Agencies received approval for warrants and ...

Telecoms and the U.S. Intelligence Community

Bare with me as this is a long one. Take it in pieces, take it in strides. What it tells you is of a government program, unethical in nature, that is for the most part, not even followed. The issues at hand are not primarily regarding the FISA courts nor the warrants that they issue for wiretaps. The issue today revolves around one thing - Carnivores. A system implemented by the FBI, Carnivore is designed to - monitor email and electronic communications. It used a customizable packet sniffer...

Are You Ready?

Are You Ready?. Originally uploaded by DownTown Pictures As is tradition every spring, March has come to an end. April has begun and baseball is abound. Roster decisions are being argued upon for virtually every team and the gates open Monday for the start of the 2009 Major League Baseball season. This offseason has been one of economics for many as free agents found it the most "interesting" offseasons to find themselves a job. Many players held out looking for higher paying offers, and...

Golden Gate Sunset.

Golden Gate Sunset. Originally uploaded by iBichon in Studio Beautiful capture. As today marks 300 views to this blog, a small number, but a milestone nonetheless, I wanted to share a picture I found on my Flickr homepage. It's linked back to the creator's Flickr for larger viewing. This image has creative composure and captures the sunset at one of America's landmarks perfectly. I'm diggin' the bokeh.