Best Buy has a long and sordid history of offense. News of false imprisonment, failed customer service, failed "Optimization" service for PCs and TVs. The offense today was another joint effort between Best Buy and Geek Squad ( Read more... )

All your base are belong to us.

http://wave.google.com

I pulled this to my own journal so I did not clog up michaellee's twitter post on Powershell.

paraphrasing
It is good that Microsoft powershell is catching up to where Unix shell has been for 20+ years
Windows is in the datacenterI realize it is there and it will continue to be a platform for applications. I like to pick on it due to the "rebooting ( Read more... )

Sadly, nothing as cool as a TARDIS ( Read more... )

Ping the router ( Read more... )

Another goodly amount of snow has fallen. 
I managed half of the driveway before the the snow thrower ran out of gas.  BGFE mle292 and I cleared the corner so I could get the Honda out and I ran to Home Depot to get the mix-oil and then to the gas station to fill up. Big sign at Home Depot announcing they were SOLD OUT of snow throwers and snow-shovels ( Read more... )

Yesterday, at about 4:00pm, I beat the evil datatype conversion monster and solved all 45 fields.  All hail my mighty powers of string manipulation and type conversion.

From CNet (http://news.com.com/Microsoft+looks+beyond+Gates+for+new+ideas/2100-1014_3-6085030.html):
But while the company is looking for individual leaders, the company is also aiming to further democratize its technical ( Read more... )

From various news sources - The Bill is stepping down.

He said he plans to give away most of his fortune, leaving only a small portion to his three sons ( Read more... )

I was playing with the new Browser on my PSP last night. It has tabbed browsing. Is IE the only think now that does not? But wait, that will be in the next version ( Read more... )