My humidifier has mold; dark, black mold in the filter. The humidifier sits abandoned in the living room. Leaving it in my bedroom will only tempt me to turn it on and breathe the moldy humidity. I can’t turn it on because mold can release harmful bacteria for me to breathe.
This morning I woke up [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 29th, 2005 | No Comments »
SEATTLE PI: Microsoft’s grammar check incompletely finds grammar errors. Sandeep Krishnamurthy has started a campaign to change that. He wants to put pressure on Microsoft to improve their grammar check.
That’s all fine and dandy, but users shouldn’t be relying on their computers to tell them how to properly parse sentences and spell. Spell and Grammar [...]
Filed under: Technology, The World on March 29th, 2005 | No Comments »
CNN: Two years ago, Afganistan was a war-torn, poor nation. There were barely any decent roads, very few phones and cell phones, and barely any internet connections.
The poor conditions still exist for most, but technology is finding its way into Afghanistan. The number of cell phones jumped over 4000%. Internet cafes are cropping up in [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 28th, 2005 | No Comments »
Is it nobler to ganch or defenestrate thy poor children?
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Imagine a large meteor crashing into Chicago and smashing every building, person, computer, and server. All buildings, people, and servers would be gone. For a small company like the one I work for, that would be catastrophic. Ignore the fact that probably everyone would be killed. All our data and email servers would be blasted [...]
Filed under: Technology on March 25th, 2005 | No Comments »