News Roundup-Week Ending April 15, 2007
This is a round of general news worth noting for the weekend April 15, 2007
Read moreThis category is used for articles related to technology, particularly computer and information technology.
This is a round of general news worth noting for the weekend April 15, 2007
Read moreThe master list the federal government keeps of known and suspected terrorists, from which other government agencies derive their own watch lists, already hundreds of thousands of names large, is growing out of control, filling with “fragmentary,” “inconsistent” and “sometimes just flat-out wrong” information, a top counterterrorism official said.
Read moreOver the past year or so, I’ve made a concerted attempt to get all my technology integrated to the extent that is reasonable, and actually helping me manage my life…rather than getting in the way. I think I’ve had a small level of success, so I’m going to write an irregular series on the “technology” I personally use day-to-day.
Read moreEarlier this week, the computer started crashing and restarting on a regular basis, and the error report was indicating something related to the video driver. I was afraid this might be an integrated video card, meaning I might have to just replace the PC, but it turns out it was a seperate card.
Read moreThe folks at Weblog Tools Collection are hosting an essay contest about blogging, and I have submitted an entry. It’s about an experience I had as a result of creating a blog for my church.
Read moreWe had a pretty typical Thanksgiving. As I’ve already reported, I drove to North Carolina last Monday, and then met friends up in Boone/Blowing Rock on Tuesday. Wednesday I stuck close to home and spent the day with Mom, and had dinner with her and some of her friends. It was overcast and rainy most of the day Wednesday.
Read moreThe web is a dynamic place. Things change a lot here. If you are a repeat customer, you’ll notice that overall look and feel of Deep Sand has changed. I just felt like it needed a refresh.
Read moreI’ve seen several articles about this over the past day or so. I’m linking to a brief article on Wired News. Apparently U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is laying the ground work for the more agressive government monitoring of the web, if not outright control. Disaffected people living in the United States may develop radical ideologies and potentially violent skills over the internet and that could present the next major U.S. security threat, Chertoff said on Monday.
Read moreWell, due to continuing performance issues with the hosting service I used (No Monthly Fees), and an arrogant and uncooperative customer service attitude, I decided to move as many of my accounts as possible. I think I’ve completed that move today.
Read moreAlong with the recently added “ratings” feature, we’ve now made the jump to mobile technologies. Recently I was on the
Read moreAs you may have noticed, there have not been a lot posts over the past couple of weeks. For the past three weeks, I’ve been on very tight deadlines with a bunch of very large proposals. For the first pay period of July, I’d put 110 hours on the time sheet. That’s two weeks, and I probably didn’t record all the time.
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