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VA Recovers Stolen Laptop – CIO News Alerts – Blog – CIO

VA Recovers Stolen Laptop – CIO News Alerts – Blog – CIO Is it too much to ask that they simply encrypt the contents of the hard drive? I don’t consider myself much of a security expert, but I KNOW this technology’s existed for at LEAST five years. What the fuck, guys? Vets risked their lives for you — do the right damn thing and pay attention to what you’re.. Read More

DS Lite

I got my DS Lite this weekend :) What a great piece of gear Nintendo has managed to put out. I’d already bought the New Super Mario Brothers game, so I knew I had that to look forward to, but when I got there, they had a special: buy two used games, get one free. I picked up Nintendogs, Advance Wars and Mario Kart. Each one of them is a.. Read More

DS Lite Reserved: w00t!

So Wifee & I were in Naptown over the weekend, and there was a Gamestop nearby. Having looked online for one, I found that all the retailers are pulling the “You have to get these other crap games I’m foisting upon you if you want this system” bullshit, which really chaps my nuts. Out of curiousity, I thought I’d pop into the brick & mortar to see if they were.. Read More

New PowerBook! Sorta.

Well, today I’m using my Titanium PowerBook 550, running Tiger. I have to say, I’m really impressed how well it still gets things done.  This is at *least* 5 years old, and it works relatively well for the basics of every day computing (Mail, browsing, IM).  This thing doesn’t even have the full gig of RAM in it that it started with, but as long as I keep things reasonable,.. Read More