Last summer my Dell hard drive crashed out of the blue - if you ever had this happen to you, you know what a nightmare it can be. I had been making manual backups every month or so, but losing even several weeks worth of data meant I lost some important pictures and client files.
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Over the weekend I watched a PBS special on Andy Warhol. It’s one of those awesome documentaries that makes you re-evaluate existence itself and reassess the value of everything around you.
One of the central themes of Warhol’s work was the concept of celebrity, which made me think about last week’s Digg meltdown and how a single number was the source of all the noise. This single number became a celebrity overnight (kind of like the girl from Heroes).
» Continue reading “Notorious Numerals: 13 Famous Numbers That Changed the World”
In late January of this year I received a newsletter from a psychology department group at Wichita State University that conducts scientific analysis of different aspects of web usability.
Volume 9.1 tackled the issue of “The Effect of Typeface on the Perception of Email“. I’ll save you the lengthy read and just give you the results. Drumroll please…
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Early last week my girlfriend’s laptop was stolen from her car right in front of my house. (Friendly reminder: always lock everything, never leave stuff in plain sight, and always password protect EVERYTHING).
A Mac was not an option - those laptops are expensive! For all the hype they get, they’re a tough pill to swallow at such a premium (compared to a Windows box) and not all of us have the bankroll to swing $600 differences. So last Friday she bought a new HP laptop with Vista preinstalled, which led to my first real experience with this little beast called Windows Vista.
» Continue reading “Why I Will NOT be Upgrading to Microsoft Vista”
In December I posted about Blockbuster rolling out their Total Access in-store & online video rental service. At the end of the post I said I’d subscribe to and compare both Netflix and Blockbuster and see which one is better…
I signed up for both Netflix and Blockbuster Total Access on a Friday in January at the same time. I got 3 DVD’s from each service on the following Wednesday. The turnaround on both services was 2 days - if I dropped the movie in my mailbox on Monday, I’d have a new one by Wednesday. Essentially Both Netflix and Blockbuster Total Access had the same turnaround times for my area. (Your mileage will vary).
After having both services for a few months I can say that both of them are very similar. So what are the differences?
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