Author Archives: Kevin

About Kevin

Just an old guy with opinions that I like to bounce off other people.

More and Faster

I had a heart to heart with my web host about the speed of BlogOrDie! Performance really sucked wind. So DreamHost did something and it runs nicely now. Since the site is faster, I don’t have an excuse not to … Continue reading

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I like Windows Vista.

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. … Continue reading

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My spizerinctum absquatulated

I hope to feel better soon.

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Weapons of Mass Destruction

I have been researching weapons of mass destruction (WMD), trying to understand the phenomenon and to learn why we observe the things we do. Where did they come from, and where have they gone? Here I chronicle my ongoing quest … Continue reading

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Paradigm wars: search vs file

I get a lot of email at my job. It’s hard to keep track of.  Some emails are hard to categorize. I have over 100 folders to sort emails into. I’m falling behind. I read about Google’s GMail. They say, … Continue reading

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Popular blog

Do you know I’ve gotten over 40,000 comments on my blog? Shame most all of them were spam.

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New Computing Paradigm – Ultraportable PC

I believe I have found something that will change the way I use my computer. Two technologies have converged: one is the really-cheap USB flash drive (I saw a 4 Gb drive on sale for $30 in a local store); … Continue reading

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