Norton Internet Security Can’t Tell Time?

Norton Internet Security 2010 quit working on me today telling me that the subscription expired. Yesterday, it told me it had 2 days left. As you can see from the screen capture below, it tells me I have a day left, but it expired anyway. Apparently the Norton programmers were sloppy when it came to . . . → Read More: Norton Internet Security Can’t Tell Time?

Online Backup Solutions

I’m in favor of the idea of backing up data offsite to avoid disasters and their effects. Living in California, where we overdo it in both earthquakes and fires, data safety is essential. While I was working on my dissertation research and the dissertation itself, I would back all of it up on a CD . . . → Read More: Online Backup Solutions

Atom Observations

I’ve been intrigued with low-power Intel Atom + NVIDIA Ion combinations for a while now and have recently put together a little net-top computer with a 1.8GHz Atom (dual-core + Hyperthreading) paired with an Ion2 plus 4GB RAM and the hard disk left over after I upgraded my PS3’s drive. The unit is a very . . . → Read More: Atom Observations

Test from iPad

This is a test post from the WordPress app on the iPad. I wonder if the password is sent in the clear, as seems to be the default with WordPress (and just about anything else).

Kinda nifty that I can apparently add photos easily…

More iPhone 3GS impressions

Orig: 8/18/2009

I’m really enjoying my new iPhone 3GS, particularly because of its large capacity and speed. I can fit my entire music collection on it and a bunch of apps and still have space left. The speed is really evident when launching AIM and many other apps that are slow to start. Also, the . . . → Read More: More iPhone 3GS impressions

New iPhone 3GS

Orig: 8/12/2009

I just got a new iPhone 3GS after having an original (2G) iPhone for about 2 years. While there wasn’t anything wrong with the old iPhone, I longed for the speed of the new one, as well as a few of the new features.