A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing

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Comment on Gizmodo post

January 29th, 2010 · Comments Off

This is in response to a comment on Gizmodo’s post “8 things that suck about the iPad”: @ridedali: you’re the first sane commenter on this Giz post. Thank you for acknowledging that the iPad is not anywhere near perfect, but at the same time has great potential. Apple has introduced game-changing things in the past. [...]

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Tags: Blogs, podcasts, RSS · Computer · Design · In the News

Struck by Zeus

January 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off

I have officially been struck by Zeus! Zeus (or whatever it’s called these days) is a virus, trojan, spyware, malware, phishware, backdoor intruder (you get the idea). What it does: shows a fake “security” form when you log into your bank account, Paypal, and probably other sites as well. The insidious part: it appears to [...]

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Tags: Computer · Internet · Malware, spyware, viruses

Poll comments

January 20th, 2010 · Comments Off

Interesting comments being made on a Newsvine poll at MSNBC that asked whether Democrats should continue with the health bill. (The poll itself is useless since the choices are very leading.) I just felt like recording some here for posterity, or at least as long as I maintain this blog. A commenter named “cdahl” had an idea to [...]

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Tags: In the News · Internet · Politics

iPhone / iPod Touch email from Dreamhost

December 30th, 2009 · Comments Off

This is a post for other iPhone /iPod Touch users who have trouble setting up your email as an account on your device. Dreamhost DOES have a wiki article on it here: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/IPhone_3G You can also find it by searching for iPhone at the Dreamhost support wiki. It is not linked from Dreamhost’s Email Configuration page. Short [...]

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Tags: Internet · iPod · Phone