The Mighty Mouse – a Great Disappointment

My workplace recently bequeathed a G5 Mac to me, my first “real” Apple computer. With it came two mice:

A mighty mouse A wireless mighty mouse

After using the Mighty Mouse for a couple months, I can honestly say this is the worst mouse design I’ve everused. Oh, don’t get me wrong, aesthetically, the mice [...]

The New Turbo Products

Recently, Borland announced the revival of their “Turbo” line of products. This was the line of products that made the company famous, in the day. TurboPascal, then TurboC, TurboBasic and other languages. Inexpensive, powerful development environments and toolkits.

Anyway, you can find more details elsewhere. What struck me is how humorous their TuborExplorer website is. [...]

From here to There: Moving

There are at least two ways one can go about relocating:

Pack up everything and go Get rid of all but the necessities/expensive items and go

Method one is great for small moves: across town, to a different county, moves less than a few hours distant. Otherwise the expenses start accumulating. Unless of course, someone [...]

1984: Who’s tracking YOU

Kasia writes:

What’s tracking and keeping tabs on us?

Wherein she presents a nice list of devices, companies and more than exist to accumulate data on a person, his whereabouts and more. Here are some to add:

Company proxies and filters Biometric scanners Credit reports Demographic data wholesalers Any subscription service (e.g. XBox [...]

Strange thought of the day

What if Microsoft bought IBM?