Posted in Meta on May 24th, 2008
This isn’t the only website we run - its the first, and obviously the coolest, but not the only one. We also operate http://byopc.com, and a few other, still in construction websites. Currently, we’re operating as a partnership - DBA, or doing business as, is the term usually used. However, as our portfolio grows, and [...]
Posted in Website Review on May 18th, 2008
Online p2p downloading started with Napster. The upstart that was choked by the music companies. Then came Kazaa, Kazaa-lite, eDonkey, Limewire, and Bittorrent. However after a series of court cases, the RIAA and MPAA have started prosecuting file sharers religiously. While this hasn’t lead to a noticeable drop in filesharing, it has increased the danger [...]
Posted in Website Review on May 15th, 2008
Its my age. Some of you may have been under the mistaken belief that I’m some old, middle aged fogey. But no. I’m not. I’m a second-semester senior. And I’ve got 10 days till graduation, and believe me I’m counting the days. Several of my classes have stopped teaching and I’ve been looking for ways [...]
Posted in Website Review on May 15th, 2008
I’d like to take a look at a website thats similar in scope to mine today, the Frustrated Computer User blog. The site looks at a variety of issues facing computer users and how to deal with them. Recent articles include how to make a secure computer password (hint: random letters and symbols/no dates) and [...]
Posted in Website Review on May 15th, 2008
One of the coders for this website lives in India, another in Chicago. A marketer lives in Berkeley. But I live in Houston. Despite this, we have no realy issues with communication. We use instant messaging, VoIP, phone calls, and more recently Webinars. What is a Webinar? a webinar is essentially an online conference (web+seminar, [...]
Posted in Build-A-Day Mk. 2 on May 14th, 2008
(BUILD-A-DAY DISCLAIMER: None of the Build-A-Day computers come with an operating system, as many people have copies of Windows around their home, or prefer to use a Free operating system such as Ubuntu or Debian. This is intentional. In addition, no computer builds will contain monitors, keyboard, or other peripherals unless otherwise specified.)
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Posted in Website Review on May 14th, 2008
A while back, when I was looking to get video’s for my ipod, I found 100s of sites that made huge claims, 1,000,000 movies - or a billion songs. Clearly, these claims are kind of outrageous. But now, unfortunately much to late for me to take advantage of it, I found a site that actually [...]
