“Welcome to Zombo Com”
(This article was originally sent as an email on June 21, 2005) Author’s note: BK, you’ll have time to read this article. It will be short, I promise. ………. we now return to our regularly scheduled NC email ……. Ah, the wonders of the internet culture. The sights, er sites, to see. So, many goofy, [...]
Take your hand off the Mouse. Take it off now and no one will get hurt
[Author's note: In an effort to support Shut Down Day (March 24th) I re-worked an email that I sent on Dec. 6, 2003, and posted it here for you. I think that my encounter with my son, and the notion of shutting off my computer for a whole day have something in common.] Are you [...]
When life takes a turn
We had a very nice Christmas, relatively quiet, lots of food, fun, games. Santa been berry berry good to me…. he didn’t cost me an arm and a leg for one thing! On a serious note, and don’t let this one concern you too much, for I think we’ll be OK when all the dust [...]
Can you say “brown out?”
Data Centers. The I. T. Holy of holies. Large, full of amazing computer equipment and mind numbing amounts of data and zillions of fans (anywhere from 2 to 12 fans per computer, then there’s the room’s cooling systems) — and power. Electrical power. Lots of it. It takes a lot of power to run a [...]
U sp33k Kr!st3@|\| I337 ? (translation: you speak Christian ‘leet’?)
The following is yet another funny joke blatantly stolen from — actually I don’t recall where. As to what is going on, I’ll give you a hint. User is on a laptop…. ……………………………………………….. That was no l33tspeak, that was my 3a*t6*! An IT Support tech. gets an urgent request for help from a user via [...]
PH33R my 733+ SK!77z!! (Translation: Fear my leet skills!)
Subtitle: Thy Manga is a “light” unto my feet, Part II For those of you who missed the last episode, I shall briefly summarize: uh, actually, just click here for the article where I discovered for myself the big deal about manga, leet and all that–as well as MegaToyko.com. MegaTokyo comics gently poke fun of [...]
Thy Manga is a “light” unto my feet
I don’t know how it happened. I hadn’t planned on it coming to this. It probably got started when I read some comment on Slashdot or looked at some merchandise at thinkgeek.com, which, by the way, is an excellent site, loads of gifts for that special geek in your life. Did I tell you that [...]
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