Category: Technology

  • Hypersensitive Computer Displays

    I’ve noticed this many times over the last decade. computerized display systems are often hypersensitive to the point of being silly and absurd. Years ago I noticed downloading files via some clients would show me the speed of the transfer to the Nth place, where N is totally ridiculous. I was getting 83.92384293842903k download and…

  • BumpTop 3D and Computer Interfaces: The Real Hurdle

    I’m a fan of videos showing advanced in computer interaction. The BumpTop 3D model is definitely neat, and the fundamental technology behind it is no doubt revolutionary. I say this sincerely because i recognize the functionality it offers and the difficulty in converting such ideas into graphic output, and more to the point, I take…

  • Stupid E-mail Disclaimers and the Stupid Users that Use Them

    [This was written with Martums and originally published on attrition.org.] We thought it would be a fad. Ok, we hoped it would be a fad, destined to go away as quickly as it came. Unfortunately, those worthless e-mail legal disclaimers still pollute the internet. Written by overzealous lawyers that don’t seem to realize the stupidity futility of their effort,…

  • Building a Better Windows

    Disclaimer: This is written based on the use of Windows 95, with little to no exposure to Windows98 or Windows2000. The original publication date is not known beyond 2000. It started out with my pager blurting a number in the XXX area code. The phone number did not look familiar at all, and the area…

  • How Netscape Is Begging Me To Convert

    This was originally published on Demonic.com. The exact date of publication is unknown other than 2000. I am a diehard loyalist when it comes to software. No doubt some might consider me a bit fanatical in defending my choices in certain operating systems, browsers and other utilities. As a result of this stubbornness, it is…

  • Chain of Command

    [This was originally published on Aviary Magazine and mirrored on attrition.org. The exact publish date has been lost.] Since November of 1998 I have learned a lot of things in relation to the Internet, administrators, etiquette, and more. The biggest lesson I have learned is that I am far more tolerant than these high and…

  • The Power of One… How distributed computing can change the world.

    [This was originally published on Aviary Magazine and mirrored on attrition.org. The exact publish date has been lost.] October 19, 1999 – John Jackson of Montreal, Canada discovered the first million digit Mersenne prime number. John enjoyed the $50,000 reward and had his name added to the history books for his mathematical accomplishment. March 18,…

  • #435: Privacy

    [F.U.C.K. is an e-zine that I started on January 24, 1993 and ended on January 24, 2000. One concept is that articles should be timeless if possible, so they were not released with dates. As such, the date on this blog is not exact but I will try to use a date as close as…

  • #143: Telesluts

    [F.U.C.K. is an e-zine that I started on January 24, 1993 and ended on January 24, 2000. One concept is that articles should be timeless if possible, so they were not released with dates. As such, the date on this blog is not exact but I will try to use a date as close as…

  • #137: My Win95 Experience

    [F.U.C.K. is an e-zine that I started on January 24, 1993 and ended on January 24, 2000. One concept is that articles should be timeless if possible, so they were not released with dates. As such, the date on this blog is not exact but I will try to use a date as close as…