Tag Archives: software

Finally, an offline RSS-reader that doesn’t make me want to beat people…

Ok, I admit it – I used to be a feed junkie. That all stopped when Torsten was born, though, mainly because I was reading my feeds through LiveJournal, and the River of News style I prefer basically sucks if … Continue reading

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Under construction…

Ok, so this lovely blog may be on and off for the rest of the afternoon – I just upgraded to WordPress 2.3 and have had a few issues, so it may look funny for a few hours (my favorite … Continue reading

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Cleanin’ up my feeds

Oh, I feel so organized. After forever and a day of using my private Livejournal friends-list as my RSS reader, I finally decided it wasn’t working for me. I ended up with a page flooded with one feed’s posts if … Continue reading

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Bad Behavior

So I finally got sick of some of the stuff that gets through my blog comment spam filter, especially empty comments that I presume are probing for the ability to spam (although I will say that in general, Akismet does … Continue reading

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Fun with blog stats, and saying goodbye to U3…

Well, apparently my disturbing popularity as a top hit for removing U3 software from Sandisk (and other) thumb drives is at an end, which amuses me highly. Now this blog is back to what it was meant to be, a … Continue reading

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Take your right to vote seriously. Take your vote seriously.

We watched Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election this evening, a documentary about election irregularities and how the 2000 election progressed. I hate watching these things, in that they depress me about the state of this country so severely, but they … Continue reading

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Removing U3 (and associated bundled software) from the SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB flash drive

Ok, so this isn’t really a hack per se, but it’s useful information for anyone who’s just bought one of these little puppies. I saw this nice little 1GB USB flash drive when I was in Wisconsin last week for … Continue reading

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