When we use fossil fuels for energy, we leave a carbon footprint. Even though I drive a Prius, it still burns gas. But what got to me was when I realized the carbon emissions from everything else I do.
I started walking around the house viewing each device consuming energy as a little fire pouring a [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Technology'
Little fires
January 6, 2010
Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete under Windows 7
November 17, 2009
With great trepidation, I embarked on what I figured would be a painful journey trying to get my favorite game working under Windows 7. I thought I would be clever and install it under the “Windows XP Mode” virtual machine. It installed, but crashed when I ran it.
Next I tried to install it native directly [...]
FireFox browser trashes Windows users
October 17, 2009
A tiny group of FireFox developers have pushed out a blocklist that automatically installs itself without permission, that cannot be rejected and cannot be removed. And by so doing, they knowingly prevented mission critical applications based on Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation from working.
I think this unilateral action by FireFox is outrageous. What were they thinking?
[This [...]
I really like my new iPhone
April 24, 2009
I particularly like the ease with which I can find and download apps. It has an iPod built in. It does lots of stuff.
I didn’t think it would be as useful as it it. I’ve had phones with Internet access before, and PDA’s but this is better than either AND it’s both in one case.
The [...]
I like Windows Vista.
February 8, 2008
I got a new laptop a couple weeks ago, a Dell XPS M1330. Sweet machine (Windows Experience Index 4.0). It has Windows Vista on it. Many of the things that frustrated me in previous versions of Windows have gone away. For example:
The machine boots fast.
I can backup my hard drive to multiple DVDs without buying [...]