December 2007 Entries
This past Black Friday Sale I picked up a bunch of double sided DVD+/-Rs. I mistakenly thought they were double layer DVDs (which can hold 8.5GB), but all in all, I get an OK deal since they hold 4.7GB on each side for a total of 9.4GB. The other thing that I like is that they are 16x discs. I've had two 100 stacks of 4x DVDs from Christmas two years ago that I've had to burn through, so finally getting my hands on these has been great as far as quickly burning data.
My only concern about having double sided...
Well, here we are at the close of another year with top 10 lists abound. Here's another accolade for Microsoft to chalk up for the Wall of Achievements: PC World has rated Vista the number spot for The 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007. It's really a shame. Ya know, you'd think that with a development cycle of five years they could have gotten it right.
But before the Mac fanboys get all worked up for another round of M$ bashing, the iPhone doesn't seemed to have faired well either. It ranked at #5. Why? Well, I think a lot of...
I was perusing Digg today and came across a site that does fun little quizzes. This one is How Geek Are You?
93% Geek
My wife caught me taking the quiz at the very end and exclaimed, "I knew you were a geek!", to which I reminded her, "Yes, but you married the geek."
As many of you well know, I have refused to upgrade to Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista. I'm not happy with the myriad application compatibility issues, OEMs that don't want to write drivers for older hardware, the many performance issues that many gamers report, et all. When Vista came out early last year, I thought, 'I'll updgrade when Service Pack 1 (SP1) comes out'. Well, SP1 is due out early next year and it appears that it does nothing to fix any of the afformentioned prolems. In fact, it appears that it may actually make...