Robert Owen This is just a little rant. You probably don't want to hear/read this but hey, this is my site so here goes. This past Christmas my lovely wife, knowing the geek I am, got me this great t-shirt. If you are a geek like me you can determine the subject of this shirt quite easily. Now, if you can't tell… … Read more
Found a contest for all you Twitterererers out there.. There is a contest going on over at Coppyblogger.com.. Can you tell a story in exactly 140 characters? That's the idea behind the first ever @copyblogger Twitter writing contest. It should be a great exercise and a lot of fun. Being constrained to exactly 140 characters will spark your creative juices … Read more
FireFox 3 Release Candidate 1 FireFox 3 has been released for testing purposes only. There is a high probability that any “Addon” you have installed will be incompatible with this new browser so, keep that in mind if you choose to download and install. Here's what Mozilla has to say about this latest release: Firefox 3 is based on the … Read more
This will be somewhat of an anti-climatic follow-up for most of you guys… After installing Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, I have experienced absolutely no ill side-effects. This is a completely different experience from the release of Service Pack 2.. Whew!! I can say that beyond the download (approx 70meg for me) being a little slow, that was the … Read more
The Toshiba A305-S6843 Laptop Recently I decided it was time to replace my laptop. My old Laptop was a Toshiba 4300 series. The laptop came originally installed with Windows 98SE, 800mhz PIII processor, 16 gig hard drive, DVD rom, 128 meg RAM. When I got this laptop originally it was “The stuff” so to speak. When Windows XP was released … Read more
I heard from geekhat over on twitter that Service pack three for Windows XP was in his Updates this morning… So I checked my Windows XP machine and …. BEHOLD Service pack three is here! I'm downloading it now. I'll update again after the installation is complete.
I know this is late notice an all but, if you are in the Knoxville Area tonight (May 5, 2008 – Cinco de Mayo) then stop by the Historic Tennessee Theatre downtown and check out the Season finale of the Knoxville Wind Symphony. This concert, titled “Cycloni Cinco”, should prove to be a fun and exiting concert. The program will … Read more