In which we find just one more example of how, when faced with the problem that today’s mass-media news coverage devotes more time to Britney Spears’ head shaving than to the Iraq war, the solution seems to be to stop talking about Britney Spears’ hair and start talking about John Edwards’.
Or, Sweating The Details With Microsoft. Vista has a sweet new look compared to previous MS operating systems. Less cartoonish than XP, with nice touches of transparency and roundness in the interface elements. But behind that lickably smooth exterior lies the usual Microsoft heart of darkness. A few examples… The security features have been compared […]
We’ve been online here at tom-mcgee.com for a year now. Thanks to all (six) of you for your support! Later on I’ll try and put together a statistical rundown of what’s been hot and what’s been not. In brief, though, the biggest seller has been a piece I wrote last year on some of the […]
Here’s an abandoned mill in South Mountain Reservation:
And another scene from a popular game:
If you’re in the NYC metro area this Sunday and if you’re looking for something to do, you could do worse than to come on down to Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights to hear the Brooklyn Symphony. We’re doing Movie Music, including music from Fellini’s La Strada and the epic Alexander Nevsky by Prokofiev.
I’m finally figuring out through trial and error the mysteries of the Toshiba track-pad. They document using the far-right and bottom margins and scrollers. Move your finger along and (usually) it scrolls up-and-down or across the page. Some apps don’t seem to support it. Also, there are hot corners. At first I was a little mystified […]
I noticed a long-neglected DVD of one of Big Train’s “golden age” performances, from the Battle of the Basement Bands 2005. Here’s two numbers from our set, “Leave Your Hat On,” and “The Letter.”
Loading…Thanks to Cosmic Variance for pointing this out, one of the most airtight arguments yet for creationism over evolution: “One of the most basic laws in the universe is the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This states that as time goes by, entropy in an environment will increase. Evolution argues differently against a law that is […]
I recall in high school physics, Mr. Heckathorn used to hammer us with the concept of significant digits. What it boils down to is, say, you have two numbers: 1.14 and 2.37. You get 2.7018. But just try and put that down in your lab homework. The thing is, you can’t take inputs accurate to […]
This afternoon I uninstalled the trial version of Office that came with the laptop, and tonight ran the migration tool again. This time, Office tranferred over perfectly. So I now having working copies of Excel and Word, along with PowerPoint and Access (I know, I know). That’ll save me a bunch of money. Also, I reinstalled […]
Dear Diary: I’ve been doing some difficult stuff lately on my old laptop, and it’s been just tooooo slow for words. Why just the other day at lunch I was working on a project, and I swear I only got through about five screens the whole time! The old laptop’s had its day. I’m not sure […]
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