March 2, 2010
INFORMATION LITERACY POSTSCRIPT
November 12, 2009
ST. ANTHONY
Everywhere I went today the same question came up – who was the stylish figure in the picture of the dual monitors yesterday?
Actually, if you want to be hyper-technical, I didn’t go anywhere today and no one asked, but that’s not important.
That’s St. Anthony, the Patron Saint of Bacon, holding a frying pan with two strips of crispy, delicious bacon. It’s important to keep reminders on your desk of things that are important to you. I can always turn to St. Anthony for answers when my thoughts turn to the enjoyment of quality bacon.
You can […] continued
October 30, 2009
THE WORLD TURNS UPSIDE DOWN
My favorite support call this month came from a client reporting that everything onscreen had turned upside down. The little monitor controls that come up when you fiddle with the buttons on the monitor were right side up but everything else was upside down. He had literally been forced to turn the monitor upside down to be able to work.
Hmm.
I have to admit, I didn’t know that some video adapters can rotate displays 180 degrees. Sure, 90 degrees, that makes sense, you can rotate a widescreen display from landscape to portrait and work on a long document. […] continued
September 8, 2009
ALL YOUR O ARE BELONG TO US
Did you notice that the Google logo on the main search page had a spaceship beaming up one of the “O”s in “Google” for a couple of days? Bless their hearts, Google can be marvelously odd sometimes.
The logo is frequently changed for special events and holidays, but there was no obvious reason for the spaceship last week. Google issued a statement that did not explain anything:
“We consider the second ‘o’ critical to user recognition of our brand and pronunciation of our name. We are actively looking into the mysterious tweet that has
[…] continued
August 25, 2009
MICROSOFT – FUN WITH PHOTOSHOP
Here’s a comparison of a picture that was used on Microsoft’s US web site and the same picture on Microsoft’s Polish web site.
Microsoft is taking some well-deserved heat today for photoshopping out the black guy’s head and replacing it with a white guy’s head. It’s probably done for a business or demographic reason instead of latent racism, but it’s still a pretty clumsy move. Heck, it’s not even a good Photoshop job – notice the guy’s hand was overlooked, one of those details you can’t stop noticing once somebody points it out.
But that’s not important. […] continued
May 13, 2009
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WEB
If you have five minutes free, click here for a moderately amusing video from Microsoft about the history of the Internet.
May 6, 2009
YOU’RE SO VAIN . . .
February 11, 2009
HIGH-TECH SOLUTIONS
Frustrated by flaky wireless connections? You’re not the only one. I’m proud of the solution that one of my friends and clients is using to increase the strength of a weak signal in his house. That’s the wireless USB adapter on the remote computer that you see in there, pointing towards the room with the wireless access point. Works like a charm – signal strength increased from “low” to “very good.”
I don’t think he’ll get venture capital funding until further testing is done with colanders, miners’ helmets, and tubas.
December 30, 2008
WALLACE & GROMIT NEWS
There will be time next year for news about technology that affects your business. Let’s focus on something more important.
On Xmas day, a new Wallace and Gromit short film, “A Matter Of Loaf And Death,” was broadcast on British television! This is exciting news for anyone who enjoyed A Grand Day Out, A Close Shave, The Wrong Trousers, and The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit. Everyone likes Wallace and Gromit! The new film is just as wonderful as the rest. It will eventually be released in the US, although anyone familiar with Bittorrent can find a […] continued
December 25, 2008
IT TRUTH
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