A few weeks ago, I was seriously considering switching my wireless provider to Boost Mobile. $50 pre-paid "everything" sounded awesome. In looking into the details, however, I found that the service uses Nextel's depreciating iden networks, which suck tremendously for text messaging, often delaying them for hours, but sometimes losing them entiely ( Read more... )

It's a slow day, so here's a little learning for you. What the Conficker virus actually did.

It's pretty interesting timing, since I've been reading The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop It this week. This is the kind of "scary virus" that's fueling the argument for more oversight and control over PCs and the Internet. Plenty of unsavvy ( Read more... )

So, dudes, I've been depriving you of some serious posts, lately. I have been posting links a lot, but not here on "The LJ." Sorry.

To Corbo, Mrs. Corbo, and Brad, who frequent my old World of Warcraft guild forums, this and my future links will be double-posts for you. To everyone else, welcome to the syndicated version of Way's Link of the Day.
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So Gmail now has video chat as an add-in feature. I didn't see that coming.

RIAA finally comes under fire

It's about damn time!

"Imagine a statute which, in the name of deterrence, provides for a $750 fine for each mile-per-hour that a driver exceeds the speed limit, with the fine escalating to $150,000 per mile over the limit if the driver knew he or she was speeding. Imagine that the fines are not publicized, and most ( Read more... )

A bit late with this update, I know. A few weekends ago, I went to visit Seamus in Rochester. While there, I tried out Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Henceforth, WAR ( Read more... )

Vista 64 installation is not too friendly with a SATA RAID setup. In fact, it was just downright cruel to me.

It started last week during the actual installation; the NT/XP raid drivers provided with my NForce 4 motherboard were, of course, incompatible with Vista 64. I had to find some homebrew drivers online and toss them on a floppy. Naturally ( Read more... )