Posted by Joel in RantsJan 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Ok. So I have a few pieces of hp technology in my house. A couple vista computers, keyboards, an all in one printer and a monitor. And generally I gotta say that they are all mostly great.
But here are a couple beefs:
The all in one printer driver software and utilities that get installed for my All in One Photosmart 4280 (the only really good thing I can say about this printer is that it was cheap) are absolute garbage:
First it had numerous conflicts with my tablet drivers – to which I was able to find many other users complaining about on the web to no avail. Everyone was...
Posted by Joel in UncategorizedJan 30th, 2009 | No Comments
Feist: Seems to be in the same vein as Rez, Okami, loco roco and other games I like a LOT.
Posted by Joel in UncategorizedJan 28th, 2009 | No Comments
Source: http://buffalobeast.com/ (some intense social commentary on that site by the way).
Posted by Joel in UncategorizedJan 27th, 2009 | No Comments
I gotta think I’d feel at least as stressed as this caricature if I was in his shoes. Wow, what pressure.
Obama gets Mad mag treatment : The Swamp
Posted by Joel in UncategorizedJan 26th, 2009 | No Comments
It wasn’t so long ago that you could fake originality. You could steal someone else’s technique, or pawn off someone else’s thought as your own. You could steal someone else’s ideas, their essays etc. And you could do this virtually unchallenged by grabbing an older book or magazine and stealing a lot of content.
Now, plagiarism can be detected via Google in a couple quick searches. Try blogging about something that isn’t your original thought and wait for the flames to roll into your comments. Albert Einstein said “The secret to creativity is knowing...
Posted by Joel in UncategorizedJan 20th, 2009 | No Comments
A new one, being promoted in an interesting way to drum up business – through blog posts. If you talk about it – you get a chance to get a free copy (I think he is giving away 200 of them – so we’ll see if I am in time.
I will let you know.
Andy, can I get a copy of your book?