Category: Computers

I’ve been a computer nerd since 1993. These are my stories in dealing with computers through the years.

Why I hate iPhoto

We have a crisis folks.  Ok, we’ll not a total crisis just yet as I take precautions.   Yesterday we had a sudden power outage and of course the wife had about 17 applications open on her Mac, one of them being iPhoto.  The thing I HATE about iPhoto is it stores all the pictures…… Continue reading Why I hate iPhoto

Corel Painter X3 – Tryout

I’ve always wanted to be a Renaissance man.  While assessing my skills towards this goal I realized that I still suck at art and being able to paint should be a requirement of any homme sophistiqué!  I’ve always been a terrible artist and even had my teacher flunk me in handwriting in the 2nd grade.…… Continue reading Corel Painter X3 – Tryout

The Amazing Smartphone

Just wanted to write about how amazing the smartphone is. Sure, there are daily news stories about this app or that but I wanted to write down my thoughts about how amazing it actually is.

To me, it is not just a phone or computer, but my link to the entirety of human knowledge. I find it so incredible that we should all be experiencing mass hysteria but as the programs became available over the course of a few years perhaps we now just all take it for granted?

A Brief History of My Experience with Computers and the Internet

I find it hard to believe that it has been 13 years already since the internet became mainstream. However, in those thirteen years I have only come across a few applications that I have found extremely useful.  First a brief history. I first started using a computer around age 13 on an Apple 2C to…… Continue reading A Brief History of My Experience with Computers and the Internet

Website update: 8-14-2003

8-14-03 I haven’t been working on my website lately due to computer problems. It seems one must be more prudent when updating the BIOS on Dell notebook computers. It seems every time they come out with a new bios update they create more problems than they fixed. My problem was when I upgraded the bios…… Continue reading Website update: 8-14-2003

E-mail to Dell Customer Support

I was simply trying to order a battery.   Seems everything is a little bit more difficult when you live in a foreign country. Eric,, I don’t know you so don’t take my sarcasm as against you.. I’m simply protesting the insane questions you have to answer to get one stupid backup battery exported… But…… Continue reading E-mail to Dell Customer Support