by David Orriss Jr | Dec 1, 2010 | General, Mac OS X, Windows
Does that title sound familiar? My wife and I got an email this morning from my father that read as follows: Subject: I’m writing this with tears on my eyes !!! Hello, I’m sorry for this odd request and I’m writing this with tears on my eyes due to...
by David Orriss Jr | Jun 20, 2009 | General
From the article:Does a $1.92 million award for sharing 24 songs cross the line into ‘grossly excessive’?Does a bear !@#$ in the woods?!!!?Analysis: $1.92M fine in music piracy case could hurt RIAA – iPod/iPhone – Macworld UK Share...
by David Orriss Jr | May 29, 2009 | General
For the last year my wife’s small-but-growing, word-of-mouth based business has been listed with YellowPages.com. The Networking Group my wife was a member of included in their ranks a sales rep who pushed that this would be an outstanding way to expand her...
by David Orriss Jr | Jan 7, 2009 | General, Operating Systems
Digital Simulacrum of John Lennon Promotes XO Laptops in OLPC Ad: Creepy as hell. See for yourself. Permanent link to ‘Digital Simulacrum of John Lennon Promotes XO Laptops in OLPC Ad’ (Via Daring Fireball.) Share...
by David Orriss Jr | Apr 17, 2008 | General
I got a reminder last weekend about just how critical it is to secure your WordPress-based Blog. Mine was hacked… My own fault, to be sure… Turns out that the installation scripts can be very easily hacked and SQL-injected. The end result is that your...
by David Orriss Jr | Dec 30, 2007 | General
According to BBC, an average PS3 game costs nearly $15 million to make – and that’s before any marketing is done for the game. Not only is this bad news for gamers, as it almost ensures our store shelves will be stocked with sequel after buyer-recognizable...
