I finally got back on the diet & exercise wagon this morning, which means I was up early and watching TV while I put in my twenty minutes on the elliptical. Usually, I watch VH1 (they actually play videos in the morning; who knew?). But this morning the TV was on CSPAN when I clicked [...]

I’ve used Norton AntiVirus for years. My wife’s laptop was running AntiVirus 2003. Her subscription recently ran out, so, even though I’ve been thinking about checking out some other antivirus software, I decided to go ahead and upgrade her virus definitions subscription. While performing the update, I was given an opportunity to upgrade to AntiVirus [...]

I know spammers have to put some realistic text in their emails in order to help them slip past detection schemes. I’ve noted that they sometimes borrow from etexts of literature and that they sometimes achieve near-poetic forms (the devil, after all, has the ability to assume a pleasing shape). This sample from one I [...]

Here’s the quick news for my non-geek music fans: I’ve redesigned jamesnotjim.com. The new version includes RSS feeds (so you can keep track of it via Bloglines or whatever other feed reader you prefer). The new version also includes a handy flash-based player so you can play James, Not Jim music right from your browser–no [...]

I don’t know how many of you read daringfireball.net, but John has been doing a series called “Jackass of the Week” for a while now. His site is devoted to Apple/Macintosh computers, so the jackasses in question are mostly reporters who bad mouth Apple products without knowing what they’re talking about. But today he nominated [...]