Ramblings of a Luddite Geek

What is it that spurs people to get a cell phone? In our case, it was separation anxiety. More precisely, it was my wife's concern ove...

Back in June of 2005, I bragged about how I spent a few hours to write Outlook VBA code that eliminates a few keystrokes. I had a request f...

I just read Sacha Chua's "On programming as a career" post and had to stop what I was doing and write about it. I understand ...

The US Senate is debating S 2917: Internet Freedom Preservation Act , which would prevent ISPs from giving preferential treatment to content...

In my post Free Computer Security -- Firewalls , I raved about the free Sygate Personal Firewall (SPF) last year. Since then, Symantec boug...

I read about Spore on Brad Neuberg's blog, "Coding In Paradise." This is what he posted about Spore back on April 12: Spore ...

I haven't felt this great since ... since ... since ... I don't know when. The reason is that I successfully installed DSL service ...

I bought a new computer, a Dell Dimension 3100. It came with 2.8GHz P4 processor, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD and a 17" flat panel display with 1...

Every so often I come across some short bit of text that underscores the stupidity of technology. I enter that text as the "Quote duJo...

Last year I discovered a way to file my federal income tax return electronically for free using the online income tax forms on the intriguin...

In testing my link to IEEE Spectrum, I was intrigued by this month's feature article, Psychiatry's Shocking New Tools , by Samuel K...

Why is this blog so devoid of new articles? My head is full of ideas. But my calendar is full of _____ . Yet I've struggled to keep th...

I was so inspired by reading "The Darwin Awards III: Survival of the Fittest," by Wendy Northcutt , I decided to launch my own awa...

Lately I've begun to think that maybe engineering is a bit boring. I know that sounds funny to most of you. It's like a member of ...

In one of the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" works, New York City is described as a place where it's best to answer ...

Technology has played a big role in streamlining the process of buying a house. But that's not what this article is about. It's no...

John Moran wrote about Google Print in his most recent column . So I decided to give it a try. First, I tried to search for an excerpt fr...

NPR 's report on the new bankruptcy legislation, which goes into effect in less than two hours, piqued my interest. First, is the timing...

This is right up my alley: ULTIMATE POCKET NOTEBOOK . Thank you Kathy Sierra for recommending it on your cool blog .