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Category Archives: Technology
Windows. And Skyrim. Again.
I’m on vacation. At a beach. I don’t find the beach compelling. So I’m bored. Bored, but with a computer. Unfortunately, for this exercise, the computer is a MacBook Pro. And I want to play Skyrim. I’ve been having just … Continue reading
Ebay (and PayPal); Is This Really the Best We Can Do?
I see various Ebay competitors advertising on TV. It’s not hard to see why. It’s 2020, and Ebay’s web site hasn’t fundamentally changed for 20 years. Their incestuous relationship with PayPal, and all its attendant problems, is legendary. I have … Continue reading
SETI@home Search for Alien Life Project Shuts Down After 21 Years
SETI@home has announced that they will no longer be distributing new work to clients starting on March 31st as they have enough data and want to focus on completing their back-end analysis of the data. Source: SETI@home Search for Alien … Continue reading
Ah… Windows, My Old “Friend”
I didn’t want to be here again. I swore I was done with Windows. But, here I am. Years ago, I picked up Skyrim on a Steam sale, and immediately fell in love with it. I got pretty far along … Continue reading
Modern Recruiting, Thanks to LinkedIn
Big Company HR person 1: “Why aren’t we getting good candidates for our open positions? I know! Let’s buy a high-powered HR software to help us qualify applicants through a pipeline, and push them to it from LinkedIn.” Big Company … Continue reading
Operating System “Ecology”
Back in my days of playing AD&D, each month, Dragon Magazine would feature an “The Ecology of…” some mythical beast. The article would read like a National Geographic treatment of what the creature eats, what places they inhabited, and so … Continue reading
Students defeat new ‘Barnacle’ parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
As it turns out, to take off the Barnacle, all you need to do is run your vehicle’s windshield defroster for 15 minutes, and then use a credit card or similar thin piece of plastic to release the suction cup … Continue reading
DHH on Twitter: “Gig exploitation math is very simple.”
Seems like it’s only a matter of time before word gets around that this just doesn’t work long term. Especially in a time of record employment. Of course, if the government is calling “gig jobs” employment, then we might have … Continue reading
Communal living concept with wellness vibe coming to San Diego
Haven Coliving houses mostly people who work in the wellness industry. There are activities like yoga and vegan cooking classes. The housing is comprised of four multi-million dollar homes that are connected to one another. “In Los Angeles, where a … Continue reading
Most-Decorated Civilization V Unit
I’m coming up on 4,000 hours total play time on Civilization V. I can’t remember ever getting a unit so highly-promoted. Right after I took this, he got killed by some random barbarian, but he was cool while he lasted. … Continue reading