Kenji and I have had countless conversations on a number of very different topics. From attitudes of people at work, to Japan's suicide problems, to netbooks in the workplace. Nothing is off limits. So it should come as no surprise that he and I engaged in a rather heated discussion earlier this year on the possibility of finding intelligent lif
Read Full StoryAfter six incredible years of exploration, it seems that NASA's Spirit Rover has reached the end of its mobility. That said, just because it can't move anymore doesn't mean the robotic explorer is going to be put down forever. According to the news report on NASA's website, Spirit is going to continue conducting scientific experiments as a sta
Read Full StoryThe time of the blog may have peaked three years ago, but there's still money to be made from the platform. The question, however, is 'how much can you hope to gain'? Way back in May of 2007, I had written a short little post talking about how this site was being valued at $12,419.88 according to a little tool that relies on Technorati ranking
Read Full StoryMicrosoft Outlook has played an important role in my life for the better part of a decade. Aside from the added benefit of easily synchronizing with the various Palm and HP PDAs I've owned throughout the years, it has offered the ability to easily synchronize with the Exchange servers found at various employers. However, after many years of fai
Read Full StoryIt seems that every six months or so somebody declares that the human race is at a crossroads and we need to choose which path to travel: one that results in the ultimate good for human kind, or one that is fraught with pain and suffering. As history has shown us time and again, humans often want the former and consistently choose the latter. S
Read Full StoryWho knew that a drought in Australia would have such long-lasting implications for the rest of the world? In 2008, the land down under suffered a devastating blow when it failed to reap sufficient yields of staple grains like wheat. As a result, countries like Japan that rely heavily on imports to feed its people had to pay much more to get the
Read Full StoryShortly after the release of Windows 7, I upgraded my Acer AspireOne netbook and have enjoyed the incredibly beautiful Operating System without too many headaches. This seems to have changed since the new year, though, as I'm starting to get a number of Blue Screens of Death whenever the network is transferring large files. Typically when Wind
Read Full StoryTo Cloud, or Not to Cloud. That is the question many people are asking as people's mobile computing needs continue to grow. That said, for people who store mammoth amounts of data at home, putting all of our data into an intangible and fuzzy concept doesn't sound very convenient or financially feasible. Luckily, hard drives are cheap. A fe
Read Full StoryA few days ago I had written a post talking about two little projects I'd like to see Microsoft take on this year, one of which involved doing something about their inconsistent data transfer abilities. Yesterday the post received a comment from Nicholas Orr who said that he had "resorted to downloading the same files from Usenet at max speed", a
Read Full StoryThe amount of time, money, and energy people spend being terrified of terrorists is downright incredible. Everyone has probably heard about the supposed "failed attempt" of a Nigerian man to ignite his underwear bomb on a flight bound for Detroit a few weeks ago by now. I say supposed because according to a quick Google definition, terrorism is
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Kenji and I have had countless conversations on a number of very different topics. From attitudes of people at work, to Japan’s suicide problems, to netbooks in the workplace. Nothing is off limits. So it should come as no surprise that he and I engaged in a rather heated discussion earlier this [...]
…and people laughed when I said I was going to put Windows Home Server on my Acer AspireOne. Well, lo and behold, here it is! Windows Home Server is a lot lighter on resources than Windows 7, and it consumes a lot less electrical power, too.
What’s really interesting about Windows Home Server is just how [...]
02.8.10 | Windows Home Server | Jason
Pills that mess with one’s head suck. Sure I’ve been frustrated as heck for the last few months but, now that I’m supposed to take some “relaxation” pills, matters have become worse. Now, in addition to being frustrated, I get to experience all kinds of other conditions: anxiety and the overpowering drive to exercise to [...]
Since replacing Outlook with Google’s services a few weeks back, I’ve had the luxury of synchronizing my contacts, calendar, and email on my PDA while on the go without relying on a two-step approach involving POP or IMAP. It’s been working great for the most part, but I’ve had a small problem for the last [...]
01.30.10 | Windows Mobile | Jason
Over eight hundred days have passed since I started this blog, but today a nice round number graced my administration screen: 2500. This is the number of comments that currently exist on this site … 62% of which were written by people other than me.
Who was the 2500th person to leave a comment? That would [...]
After six incredible years of exploration, it seems that NASA’s Spirit Rover has reached the end of its mobility. That said, just because it can’t move anymore doesn’t mean the robotic explorer is going to be put down forever.
According to the news report on NASA’s website, Spirit is going to continue conducting scientific experiments as [...]
Today was an unscheduled day off for me as the Mrs. and I thought it would be wiser to visit a doctor sooner rather than later for my recurring chest problems. Monday’s visit to the doctor resulted in a prescription for some light relaxation medicine, but it wasn’t enough to keep the stabbing pains at [...]
HotaruCMS is a new web project that’s being led by Nick Ramsay as an alternative to systems such as Pligg. He’s put in an incredible number of hours on the project and it’s currently sitting at version 1.0.4. I see Hotaru as an exciting project because, unlike the other projects I’ve had over the last [...]
01.28.10 | Development, HotaruCMS, Internet | Jason
Yesterday I wrote Part IV in an ever-going topic about the value of our personal blog, and today I happened to stumble across another absolutely pointless metric: What’s Your Twitter Account Worth?
After a quick examination, it seems that my Twitter account is worth a paltry $115. Worth selling? Pfft, no. I can’t even buy a [...]
The time of the blog may have peaked three years ago, but there’s still money to be made from the platform. The question, however, is ‘how much can you hope to gain’?
Way back in May of 2007, I had written a short little post talking about how this site was being valued at $12,419.88 according [...]
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Over the last decade or so I've been battling a bunch of minor problems such as insomnia, headaches, chest pain, and blo...