Holy cow … the Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired Shaquille O’Neal from the Phoenix Suns for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic! Could that be the final part of the equation that will resolve into an NBA championship for the Cavs next year? I hope so!
Archive of entries posted in June 2009
Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft is getting into the anti-malware market. Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is a replacement for Windows Live OneCare and, I think, Defender. Did I mention it’s free? Paul Thurrott has a good write-up on MSE on his SuperSite for Windows. Since I’m already running the Windows 7 release candidate, I figured why not give this [...]
Icon Michael Jackson Dies
Wow. Michael Jackson was pronounced dead at a hospital Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest at his Los Angeles home, marking a sad end to the life of a man who had been a global pop icon since childhood. “Thriller” was the first album (cassette) I remember buying. My sister and I went in on it [...]
I hate those fake AV trojans!
Today I had to clean another one of those fake anti-virus programs off of a machine at work. This one was called Personal Antivirus and bore a striking resemblance to AVG Free (which I use myself and usually recommend to others). Here’s the AVG console: And here’s Personal Antivirus: Look familiar? In this particular case, [...]
A river reborn
Cleveland may still be waiting for that next sports championship, but at least some things are looking up. Today is the 40th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire that sparked (sorry, bad pun, I know) the “Mistake on the Lake” moniker that residents (including myself) had to endure for so long. Today, the Cuyahoga is [...]
Two thumbs up for “Up”
Today on Father’s Day we went and saw the latest Disney Pixar movie, “Up.” It’s an amazing stat: every one of Pixar’s movies have been consecutive hits. “Up” is the 10th and it keeps the streak going. From a technical standpoint, once again the animation quality is incredible. Clouds, fire, sweeping vistas, the physics in [...]
Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder
I stumbled across another neat feature in Windows 7: the Problem Steps Recorder (PSR). Run psr.exe from the command-line and you’ll see a utility window you can use to record your session: Click “Start Record” and then replicate the problem. Click “Stop Record” when you’re done and the tool will prompt you to save a [...]
WIJFR: Eastern Standard Tribe
Cory Doctorow’s Eastern Standard Tribe is a soothsaying jaunt into the not-so-distant future, where 24/7 communication and chatroom alliances have evolved into tribal networks that secretly work against each other in shadowy online realms. The novel opens with its protagonist, the peevish Art Berry, on the roof of an asylum. He wonders if it’s better [...]
The science of Folding at Home
I found this interesting article via slashdot that explains the science behind the Folding at Home project. I folded my first workunit almost two years ago on June 19, 2007. Since then I’ve contributed about 580 additional WUs by running the F@H client on my various PCs and servers at home (you can see some [...]
Microsoft isn’t making Money anymore
Don’t worry, they’re making plenty of cash, but Microsoft announced this week that they will no longer be producing their personal finance software, Microsoft Money. This makes me sad as I’ve been an MS Money user for about 13 years! I switched from CA Kiplinger’s Simply Money to Microsoft Money 97 back in 1996 and [...]
