Monday, March 31st, 2008
Since the dawn of time, geeks have been playing harmless pranks on their beloved (but unsuspecting) associates, and it's up to all of us to carry the torch forward. On the eve of April Fools' Day, when you've got local network access to your coworkers' and family systems, cubicles just ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
If you have some tinfoil handy, now might be a good time to fashion a hat. At the Digital Living Room conference today, Gerard Kunkel, Comcast’s senior VP of user experience, told me the cable company is experimenting with different camera technologies built into devices so it can know who’s ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Insomniac and coder Chad Perrin says that hackers who stay up all night coding can get more done in those hours than most people can in a month because an all-nighter lends itself to getting into "hack mode," or the state of flow. The Jargon Wiki defines hack mode as:
A ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Have you ever tried to visit a web page only to get the dreaded 404 error or another message, even though the site was working just fine an hour ago? You might be trying to determine if your favorite software and technology blog has crashed due to billions of page ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
1. Dial down your screen brightness. The brighter your screen, the more power it uses.
2. Turn off your system completely at the end of the day, instead of putting it in sleep mode.
3. If you (still) have a CRT, consider upgrading to an LCD. An LCD uses about 1/3 of ...
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