One of the most controversial articles we’ve ever posted: 12 Reasons why a geek will steal your girlfriend this year, certainly made more of an impact than we expected. Some liked it, others didn’t, but what really counts is that the most positive comments we’ve received on it so far came from the ladies. Yep, […]
By Mark O’Neill Since I spend approximately 14 hours a day online, I tend to use instant messaging a lot. I use all of the major services via the Pidgin interface as well as Skype and Google Talk. Which all work fine, but the one thing that really annoys me is having to find a […]
By reading the title of this post, most of you probably thought “Why the hell is he posting about that, does he think we’re idiots who can’t rename a file?”, and normally, you would be right to think this. But when I stumbled on this utility, I knew everyone would love it, especially those of […]
By Mark O’Neill “Oooh…hello, my legs seem to be stuck together here. Can you help me out please buddy?” The name is Hultcrantz, Edmund Hultcrantz….at least I was last year when I tried Second Life for all of 30 minutes. Since then, I have heard lots of positive comments about the online virtual world. But […]
Yesterday, WordPress released a new version of their popular blogging software in response to a security issue. Apparently, there is a concern about the parsing of the xml remote procedure call. It seems specially crafted requests could allow anonymous, unauthenticated users to edit posts or even potentially deface a blog. The bad guys would likely use […]
By Mark O’Neill It’s important to get your priorities right in life. The biggest priority is making sure you have a fast broadband internet connection. The second priority is making sure your tea or coffee stays hot at all times. That’s why every self-respecting geek needs the USB mug warmer. As the name […]
By Mark O’Neill Despite my criticisms of Wikipedia in the past, I still generally find the site an invaluable source of information and as a result, I link to Wikipedia pages all the time. But sometimes the problem can be that there are too many links to click on. Some of the links are […]
This guest post was submitted by Patrick from Piggy Bank Pie. Microsoft is releasing Windows Server 2008 on February 27th, and it seems like the IT community has high expectations as this version introduces many new features. However, Microsoft had high hopes in Vista, its latest desktop operating system, but IT managers have yet to […]
By Mark O’Neill It turns out that before becoming a flip-flopping senator and 2004 US presidential candidate, John Kerry had another life and another identity – that of General Rieekan in Star Wars! Just take a look below : According to this site, Luke Skywalker went on to play that alien dude in the […]
Armed with a backhoe and a handful of markers, Deborah Gordon studies ant colonies in the Arizona desert. She asks: How do these chitinous creatures get down to business — and even multitask when they need to — with no language, memory or visible leadership? Her answers could lead to a better understanding of all […]