Ruptured Achilles Tendon!

Well, I forgot I wasn’t 20 anymore and ruptured my Achilles tendon playing basketball. My leg is in a cast for 6 weeks! Comes off August 17 and I am counting the days. The first night was the worst and I just didn’t think I could do it, but slowly it has become tolerable. It …

Best Wireless Router

I’ve been using a Belkin Pre-N router for a while and found that it “was” unmatched in range, even using plain G clients. However, the router’s features are pretty barebones and Belkin never seemed committed to improving things. Now, Linksys is pretty solid but limited in the feature area quite surprisingly. I’ve always like DLink, …

33% of Companies Read Employee Email

I’ve always thought people that use their work email for personal stuff were idiots. Now I guess there is proof I wasn’t just being parnoid. The moral? Get a personal email account and use that instead… Reuters 12:40 PM Jun, 02, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO — Big Brother is not only watching but he is also …

New tiny Sony VAIO portable PC

Sony’s VGN-UX50 is a real mini-PC with an Intel Centrino 1.06GHz processor running Windows XP. (Note that this is not a UMPC. Supposedly it runs full�XP Pro)There’s a separately available Bluetooth GPS unit, two built-in cameras and it takes just five seconds to start up from standby mode. We like that hideaway keyboard, the 4.5-inch …

No-iron Brooks Brothers dress shirts kick a$$

Yeah, they are expensive as hell, but damn if they aren’t really “no-iron.” My three shirts made their maiden voyage through the washer and dryer. The salesperson told me that is all I needed to do and warned I should not take them to the cleaners…of course I didn’t believe her being the skeptic that …

Freaky Robot “Dog” (video)

The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog’s legs are articulated like an …

Regulating “Booth Babes”??? That’s Unamerican!!

The LA Times has an article on the E3 Show’s attempt to regulate how “booth babes” dress. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-models11may11,0,5221027.story?track=tothtml E3 is a trade show devoted to video games. New rules impose a maximum $5,000 penalty for exhibitors whose models are nude, partially nude or wearing bathing suit bottoms. That’s nuts! I predict show attendance will drop…HAHAHA …