Category Archive: Tech

Jan 02 2009

unmountable_boot_device

bsod_nt

If you mess with Microsoft based operating systems for any length of time, you’re bound to get a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD). They happen for various reasons but the end result is usually the same – a bright blue screen full of hex-code gibberish. Plain text explanations got better with Windows XP but it …

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Sep 03 2008

Google Data Privacy …

Before you get too excited over Google’s new browser – Chrome, you might want to read the fine print in the EULA. Apparently it allows Google to use any intellectual property you pass through Chrome in anyway they see fit. Uh huh. That’s right – post your IP via Chrome and it becomes usable property …

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Jul 14 2008

iPhone 2.0 Redux

So I’m hooked. I gotta get the new [iPhone 2.0]. Problem is, every store in Atlanta is sold out and nobody has a clue when the next shipment will arrive. I had a shot on Saturday but missed the last one by 15 minutes so now I’m going crazy from [instant gratification withdrawl]. My buddy …

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Jul 10 2008

Diablos ex Machina

I‘ve run into alot of frustrating technology working in the IT business over the years but I have to say, programming a credit card terminal like the venerable [Hypercomm T7P] ranks somewhere in between troubleshooting BlackBerry Enterprise sync issues and managing Access 97 databases. Mix in ~1200 baud modems, dedicated analog phone lines (no PBX …

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Jul 03 2008

iPhone 2.0

About a year ago as the first iPhone was coming online and it seemed like the entire world was standing in line to get one, I made a decision to wait. Partly because I couldn’t afford ~$400+ of my own money on a new phone no matter how frickin’ cool it looked or how revolutionary …

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