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The time has finally come for my household to upgrade to broadband. I know, it's almost shameful from someone in my field, a Web programmer, to have dialup at home. While just about anyone else I know has been on broadband for years, I am just beginning to toe in to the speedy connection. Why — Continue reading »

Car fuel is just one of those indispensable things in life, perhaps almost at the same level as food and water. Most of us go about filling up our cars without paying much attention to the price fluctuations. But in my last trip to the gas station I finally did take notice. Having spent nearly — Continue reading »

In my last blog I wrote about Google Web Accelerator (GWA), but I also mentioned about some lesser known adverse effects. Here's a short summary. GWA is in effect a proxy client drawing from the vast Google cache content. This means that when you visit a site, in addition to your ISP, Google will also — Continue reading »

Google has become a relentless machine pumping out new products and services at dizzying speed. I absolutely love how they go about it. First the stuff appears in Google labs. Then they go beta, and finally they're released. At every stage the Google geeks can test-drive the service, tweak it, optimize it, integrate it, or — Continue reading »

It's father's day. Another scam thrust upon us by capitalism to further pry our wallets open. Alright, that's about all the cynicism for now. Might as well enjoy the day. I got a couple of beautiful drawings from my kids this morning. You know, the sorts that have no street value, but they're priceless to — Continue reading »

It's father's day. Another scam thrust upon us by capitalism to further pry our wallets open. Alright, that's about all the cynicism for now. Might as well enjoy the day. I got a couple of beautiful drawings from my kids this morning. You know, the sorts that have no street value, but they're priceless to — Continue reading »

It's official. The new fad is designer beverages and the beverage companies, in their relentless pursuit of market share, continue to chase after the consumers with new mixes, bottle designs and catchy names. The one that recently caught my attention is Coke zero. Obviously a no-cal brew designed to appeal to the diet drinkers, while — Continue reading »

I'm not sure what prompted me, but during lunch time at work, I googled sex offender registry and ended up on my state's official sex offender registry Web site. There were a number of towns in the list; a dubious distinction for sure. My town had two of them registered. Now I'm not sure what — Continue reading »