The past week I've been playing with an enjoying Google Plus, aka G ( Read more... )

I loves me a good science fiction show. I loves me a good crime drama too. But I also know that the majority of the technology they use is exaggerated and unfeasible, even if it's supposed to be set in the present day. How, for example, does one turn a 2D image into a 3D one and use that as evidence when that requires making up data to fill in the ( Read more... )

Thou users of Win OS, quake and tremble, for tis the coming of the great Botnet 2.0. Repent! The following warning indeed reads like the next virtual apocalypse, but is it true?

Next week, at 8pm EST/00:00 GST, the Conficker worm will download its next code update ( Read more... )

A happy number is a positive integer whose the sum of the squares of its digits equals 1. 7, for example, is happy. A happy prime, meanwhile is a happy number that is prime.

72 = 49
42 + 92 = 97
92 + 72 = 130
12 + 32 + 02 = 10
12 + 02 = 1
I love learning new geeky things. Currently, thanks to a friend's research into physics and ( Read more... )

A lot of people don't know much about scripting beyond just installing what it tells us to. Phrases like "SQL injection attacks" or "properly sanitizing" your database make us blink a few times and go "huh?" And updating to the latest version of something we to painstakingly installed seems like a waste of time. After all, who'd want to hack your ( Read more... )

Long ago I chose WoolNet based upon the recommendation of sijo. At first all was good, but as time passed the service grew questionable. I’d always get prompt replies to my service requests and/or questions but it was increasingly not an answer, and I later noticed it was always from one service rep or the owner, Derek. For example, I could not access ( Read more... )

Every instant messaging service seems to eventually get blocked, turning it into a game between employee/student and employer/school, each trying to keep ahead of the other. If, however, you only need to chat with a select few, there are some other options beyond AIM, Meebo, Trillian, etc.

ChatzyIt's a free private chat service. Simply make a chat ( Read more... )

Bored at the office? Here are some gadgets to make it a bit more tolerable. There’s the finger drums and a scooter desk. Maybe we can have desk derby races during lunch. I wonder if the engagement team will go for the suggestion. Probably not. XD ( Read more... )

I'm not that much of a Star Trek fangirl. I watched it, but I didn't write fanfics or draw fanart or join communities. I just watched and enjoyed it with my family. *nostalgic sigh*I don't like Earl Gray Tea much either. I don't hate it, but it's too floral. However, I often buy a variety pack -- it is the spice of life -- that includes a couple ( Read more... )

*Swoon*

I've a fondness for steampunk: the gizmos and doodads, the glass and metal tubes, shining brass, hissing steam, etc. So I was quite enamored with this article on Wired. So the laptop probably weighs as much as my old NV190, but it's about looks dangit! Now look at this scanner.

I'm in love.