I currently use Evernote (full credit to sascha for introducing me to it), but I might have to take Springpad for a test drive when I get a smartphone ( Read more... )

Acerbic commentary from Rupert Goodwins via ZDNet about the ten most annoying programs on the Internet. I particularly liked this bit:

Programming languages are like sewage plants: if the average user becomes aware of them, something's gone wrong.

Hee. :) Java, Norton AntiVirus, and Windows Update are among the usual suspects.

I found out about this through Jim Davies. It sounds quite interesting:

Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm Source: Wired

So it seems that Giveaway of the Day gives away a free, commercial-grade software product every day. Today's offering is Web Stream Recorder Pro (will last for 15 more hours at the time of this writing), and with a little tweaking, it seems to be working. It's a touch kludgy, but it fills a want that I've had for some time, which is being able to ( Read more... )

So, I'm trying out Firefox, Mozilla.org's next generation browser. So far it's been speedy, user-friendly, and smooth as silk. As in, I uninstalled Mozilla two hours after using it. As in, it's become my default browser, and it's only on version 0.8 ( Read more... )

As in jubilant. As in joyous. Elated. I feel like I've rediscovered . . . well, perhaps not buried treasure exactly, but of a sort.

Two upgrades ago, I was a good little Banshee and backed up all my data. However, part of the backup was zipping up my MasterCook files. If you've read my journal for any length of time, you know that I genuinely ( Read more... )

Justify yourself to me.

Go on, do it. I want to hear it.

I'm talking about you people who use Microsoft's Outlook e-mail program. Still.

If you've been on the 'net for at least a year, you've probably gotten a virus in your In box. Maybe you opened it, maybe you didn't. Maybe you've had the shame and embarrassment of having your address book ( Read more... )