During the archaic times (measured in Internet years) there was but one registrar, Internic. If you wanted to register a domain name, you would browse to the Internic's site, plug in the domain name and some contact info, and the domain was yours, free of charge. I still remember those days, and sure wish I — Continue reading »
Nursing home and aging
📆 July 4, 2006
July 4th marks America's birthday and depending on which day if falls on it could form a long weekend holiday to rest, party, and visit family. For me it is generally the time of year that I set out for my annual pilgrimage to visit my grandmother who resides in a nursing home in Northern — Continue reading »
Oops, Gmail does it again and again
📆 June 29, 2006
Is it just me or has Gmail become slower and less responsive lately? I have been an avid Gmail user since I received my account invitation. It took a while for me to get used to its approach to email. Like most of us, I have been accustomed to organizing my emails in various folders, — Continue reading »
DSL Renewal
📆 June 25, 2006
A week ago I received an unhappy notification from my DSL provider. My one-year trial period was about to be over and they were switching me to the regular monthly price. As consolation they would give me a small price break if I visited a special Web page that they had set up for me — Continue reading »
Google Spreadsheets
📆 June 20, 2006
If you wanted take a peek at where Web 2.0 is headed, you can do no worse than taking a test drive of one of Google's latest beta tools, dubbed Google Spreadsheets. I signed up for this online productivity tool a couple of weeks ago and after receiving my invitation, I delved right in and — Continue reading »
Bill Gates, the Philanthropist
📆 June 18, 2006
Being the richest man on earth comes with a baggage. For one, you become the most admired, or the most reviled, or both. Looking the his early pictures, when Microsoft was just taking shape, it's hard to believe that the scrawny kid made it all the way to the top and had so much staying — Continue reading »
Intel's Blunder, AMD's Opportunity
📆 June 13, 2006
It seems inevitable that any company that's been around long enough would make a misstep or a series of bad judgments and suffer the consequences. Such is the dilemma that Intel has found itself in recently. Until recently Intel seemed untouchable. Riding high on Moore's law (processing power doubling every 18 months) , it kept — Continue reading »
Intel's Blunder, AMD's Opportunity
It seems inevitable that any company that's been around long enough would make a misstep or a series of bad judgments and suffer the consequences. Such is the dilemma that Intel has found itself in recently. Until recently Intel seemed untouchable. Riding high on Moore's law (processing power doubling every 18 months) , it kept — Continue reading »
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