Tag Archives: technology

Hyperstorage

Posted on January 27, 2011 by WorldWideWeber

Smartphones are amazing in a lot of ways, but the sight of the 2GB microSD card was … well, almost ludicrous. I had a flashback to a 360KB 5¼-inch floppy disk, and the big old piece of machinery needed to … Continue reading →

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UTF-8

Posted on December 1, 2010 by WorldWideWeber

Encoding (aka code pages)? No one gives a damn about encoding! True enough. It’s so deeply geeky, it’s hard to imagine any normal person knowing the difference between CP1251 and KOI8-R, for instance. Windows had code pages coming out the … Continue reading →

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Idling

Posted on February 11, 2010 by WorldWideWeber

It’s a thought that recurs every time a bit of nature knocks us out of our technological groove: Modern people don’t know how to do nothing.

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Caught

Posted on May 19, 2009 by WorldWideWeber

The New York Times reported today that Google is being threatened with sanctions in Germany over its Street View feature, which allows users to “stroll” along streets in areas that are covered by the service, taking in the buildings, scenery, … Continue reading →

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Autobiograffiti

Posted on March 31, 2009 by WorldWideWeber

Not only am I getting tired of Facebook (after a mere 13 months of use), I’ve started wondering how much time I’ve already wasted there. It didn’t take very long for me to get fed up and shut down all … Continue reading →

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Kindling

Posted on February 28, 2009 by WorldWideWeber

Some quick impressions of the Kindle reading device after two days of use: It’s smaller than I expected. The screen is larger than those on several PDAs I’ve used heavily to read on in the past, but not as large … Continue reading →

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Lost

Posted on March 4, 2008 by WorldWideWeber

Maybe it has happened to you—it finally happened to me. You open an attachment directly in Outlook Express, edit it, and hit Save. Not Save As…—Save. Good luck trying to find the edited document. I thought I could find where … Continue reading →

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Stress

Posted on December 3, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

Even more hair-raising than biking in city traffic is transferring a database-driven website to a new hosting service. At least for me, since I don’t do this sort of thing every day. It all started Tuesday, when the database server … Continue reading →

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:-)

Posted on September 19, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

How could I not take note of the fact that the smiley turned 25 today? [Carnegie Mellon professor Scott E.] Fahlman posted the emoticon in a message to an online electronic bulletin board at 11:44 a.m. on Sept. 19, 1982, … Continue reading →

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Expertise

Posted on September 18, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

We have a low retaining wall made from railroad ties in our front yard that is deteriorating and needs replacing. We’re thinking of stonework this time, and I’m thinking we’ll want to find some Incas to do it for us. … Continue reading →

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