Recently while trying unsuccessfully to view a video on a blog it came up that I was using an older version of Windows Media player. It was suggested that I upgrade Windows Media Player to view the video, but I declined. The reason for this is simple. I can no longer trust Microsoft not to cripple my machine with some form of Digital Rights ( Read more... )

Ft. Myers, FL - My new computer is butting heads with my very old, but bought and paid for version of Microsoft Visual Studio 97. It apparently has something to do with the subtle differences between Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional. A search on the net nailed down these problems to patches in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2 and/or 3 ( Read more... )

While looking backwards through these posts it has come to my attention that I've never linked the list of XCP contaminated music CDs. So without further fanfare, here it is:

Complete list XCP loading music CDsKeep in mind that this is not a complete list of all the music CDs that bear more then just music. As this story unraveled itself it became ( Read more... )

Over the last couple months you've read my ranting and raving about Sony's incredibly short sighted attempt at digital rights management. The lesson learned from that debacle is there are companies operating without a clue or care about how their actions affect their customer's security or their computers. Nor do they seem to be overly concerned ( Read more... )

Andrew Kantor is becoming one of my favorite writers and columnists. His latest column for USA Today deals with proposed legislation that would put the FCC in charge of just about anything with video or audio outputs.
If this was law a few years ago, the entire digital music movement would have been stopped in its tracks. See, the RIAA fought tooth ( Read more... )

Having a great deal of time on my hands in whole waiting around in the truck, I tend to gravitate toward simple games like solitaire, backgammon and mah jongg. While cruising an Office Depot the Championship Mah Jongg Oriental Chess & Dominoes from Swift Software caught my eye. Swift Software is a part of the Cosmi Corporation of Rancho Domingez, ( Read more... )

This is a test. For the next sixty seconds this blog will be conducting a test of the Semagic LJ Client. This is only a test.

Test...

Test

... and even...

( There's a test pattern under the test cut... )