Monthly Archives: December 2006

P.C. Gwen Cooper is providing security around the scene of another brutal murder in downtown Cardiff. Suddenly everyone is sent away from the scene and an ominous black SUV pulls up. She’s told it’s Torchwood, some kind of “special ops” … Continue reading →

I’m still a little bit sore over Pluto, too. Pluto and Charon were a unique pair of planets in our solar system before they got, uhhh… demoted.  I’m not entirely sure what to tell my kids when they start reading … Continue reading →

I just finished reading an interesting paper about DRM in Windows Vista, Microsoft’s next OS. And you think your computer doesn’t do what you want it to now? I well expect to be spending the next few years of my … Continue reading →

If I don’t answer the phone at first, how likely is it that I will answer it one minute later, three minutes later, seven minutes later, ten minutes later or thirteen minutes later? Ladies and gentlemen, let me be the … Continue reading →

I have found it! I could never remember the name and mostly forgot about it, but now I have stumbled upon it again, purely by accident: the hottest hot pepper in the world. At up to a million and a … Continue reading →

A number of FCP home customers are using Grisoft’s AVG Free Edition as an anti-virus solution. We like it because it is free, but also because it’s small and fast. If you are using version 7.1, the software is probably … Continue reading →

This strange looking thing is a 2U rackmount chassis by Antec. Compared to other computers, it’s dimensions are very odd. The “U” in 2U is part of a specification for high density computing. The idea is that you can stack … Continue reading →

The Defense Minister noted not to long ago that despite the fighting, progress is being made in Afghanistan. He noted that 80 per cent of Afghans now have access to health care, 6 million children are in school, and 84 … Continue reading →

Nobody feels the pinch of rising oil prices like the shipping industry.  One way to reduce your fuel costs is to deploy a giant sail to help pull the ship along, just as sailors have done for thousands of years.

Most people have more free time than me, actually. But this is dedication we’re talking about here. This dude has created a blog post with over two thousand hyperlinks in it – every word a link to a another place … Continue reading →