Ever wish you had a snooze button for your PC? For example, you have a job running that you know will take about an hour to run, so you’d like to be able to tell…
Month: February 2006
Impediment To Productivity: Play Infocom Adventures Online
It has come to my attention (thank you reader) that the Zork link I mentioned way back in August 2005 isn’t working reliably. So if you want a nice quiet game try Play Infocom Adventures…
Monday Morning “Impediment to Productivity” – 20060220
Here we go again. Lets begin this week once again with Blame. This weeks “Dont Blame Me, It’s {insert poor unsuspecting victims name here} Fault” is courtesy of Karen. A pithy (oh grow up) enough…
LEGO Difference Engine
Andrew Carroll is mad. I don’t mean that in a pejorative sense but I ask you, what else do you call someone who builds a working LEGO version of the Babbage Difference Engine No.2. Before…
Ultra High Security Password Generator
Sometimes you need really serious passwords , for routers, wireless access points, securing databases. You know… serious stuff. Generating long, high-quality random passwords is not simple. So Steve Gibson has made it easier here is…
How The Internet Works
Geek Alert Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte have been podcasting for a while now. Just at the moment they have a couple of pieces about How the Internet Works, Part 1 and Part 2 During…