You know, the more I see Microsoft adding more and more garbage lkike DRM and WGA to their products, the more I seek out fantastic products that are FREE. Sure, everybody needs to make a buck. But instead of supporting the Redmond Monster and their billions of dollars in profits, why check out wonderful sites…
Do you like it when extremely wealthy strangers take things away from you that you might otherwise find useful? Their motives don’t involve morality, or bettering mankind, or anything humanistic. No, their motives in taking things away are based solely on their perceived threat you pose to their profits. How does that make you feel?…
I hate the RIAA. I believe they are corporate evil incarnate. They are there to serve the interests of the RIAA. They are not concerned with the interests of the musical artists they purport to represent. No, they care about one thing only: the most profit they can wring out of the public to fill…
Usenet is something that has largely fallen by the wayside. In the early days of connecting to the net, say about 1993, Usenet was one of the most useful places to share information. The text-only protocol played nice with 1200 baud modems, and there was a gentlemanly air about the place. Newbies were expected to…
Today, I bought a new computer. While uninstalling all the garbage that came with a “trial period” (sort of like dumping all of those subscription cards out of a magazine you’ve ALREADY subscribed to!), it occurred to me that I had not yet featured a site (and software) that is an essential part of my…
Microbes. A single yard contains enough to outnumber the human race. They are of incredible benefit to mankind, as in we couldn’t survive without them. On the other hand, there are some that are deadly to us. How do you teach your kid about these tiny creatures, as well as the importance of practicing good…
I came across this site the other day, one that provides a wealth of information on a long forgotten art that most of us have taken for granted. This is a site that shreds the myth that households can “run themselves”, and have a clean and well-organized home “just happens”. This site helps to dispel…