Archive for August, 2006

In Defense of Atheists

August 18, 2006, 11:35 am

I just discovered this video on YouTube after visiting magician and skeptic James Randi’s site. It’s very cool.

I’m often reminded of my favorite quote about atheism by Stephen Roberts:

"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible [...]

Upgrading the Home Network, Part II

August 17, 2006, 9:33 pm

Well, after my last attempt at upgrading my network, I let everything just sit for a while, then went on a spending spree to upgrade all my networking equipment to products that supported WPA (Wireless Protected Access). I really needed to, anyhow, since I’m the neighborhood Alpha Geek. So I hooked up the D-Link DIR-625 [...]

One of My Pet Peeves

August 13, 2006, 1:15 pm

I saw a link over at Boing Boing that points to this article at the Financial Times. It manages to grate on one of my pet peeves. In that article, the author asks:

"Test yourself on the following questions. In each case, it is 1991 and I have removed from you all knowledge of the past [...]

My Thoughts on Mac OS X: Leopard

August 7, 2006, 8:13 pm

Holy crap, another post about Apple Macs. I think I’m becoming a fanboy. Today, my thoughts on Leopard, the next iteration of the Mac OS, based upon Apple’s PR.

Time Machine
I can see the utility, but it isn’t something I’d use. I don’t tend to delete much, but when I do, it’s usually for a reason. [...]