Category Archives: Tech

Technical Stuff

Webhost Changed

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Puck

I host a lot of sites for friends, personal projects, and sometimes clients.  Over the past few month I’ve been moving them over to a new webhosting service that’s cheaper, has a better back-end management and more bandwidth.  I took … Continue reading →

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JREF Youtube Account Suspended

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Puck

We haven’t heard an official explanation as to *why*, of course, but I can guess — a fake DMCA takedown request from the religious right or some practitioner of “woo” offended by Randi’s straight talk and overwhelming correctness compared to … Continue reading →

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My Video Card Died (I think)

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Puck

Was listening to the Adam Carolla podcast while doing some work and the whole display corrupted, sound got stuck in a loop and the computer froze up. Even after turning it off, removing and reseating the video card (Geforce 9800 … Continue reading →

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Google Reader = Awesome

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Puck

If your Internet habits are anything like mine, there are a lot of web sites you check up on regularly.  I’d tried a few RSS readers before, but didn’t like having to run yet another program, or I didn’t care for … Continue reading →

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Warner Music dinosaur’s death throes

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Puck

Warner Music says music video games must pay more.  Apparently they signed deals that were acceptable but now think they should get even more. Rock Band tracks cost around $2 each, which doesn’t include the ability to actually just listen … Continue reading →

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WordPress Upgrade

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Puck

I host and maintain several blogs for my friends, so this post is to let them know about today’s upgrade (which I’ve done for them, if I’m hosting it) to WordPress 2.6 and some of the new bells and whistles. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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Canadian DMCA is worse than the American one

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Puck

From BoingBoing.net: Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice introduced his answer to the American Digital Millennium Copyright Act today as planned, and it’s even worse than the US DMCA. The Canadian DMCA allows every single exception to copyright to be eliminated … Continue reading →

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Creative Labs Creatively — I mean Unethically — Encourages Hardware Upgrades

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Puck

Full info at this Wired News article.  The gist of the problem is this:  Creative Labs has written their sound card drivers (the software that tells your Operating System how to use the hardware) so that they don’t work very … Continue reading →

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I’m about to upgrade to WordPress 2.5.

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Puck

So if things go all weird, you’ll know why. Update:  That went smoothly and wow the backend looks gorgeous.  I’m very intersted in checking out the new features. WordPress team: YOU ROCK!

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Piclens

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Puck

I haven’t been impressed by new software in quite a while, especially web-browser stuff, but wow, Piclens is amazing.  It turns browsing photos into an amazing 3D experience.  And it’s not just cool, it’s totally convenient and quick! I haven’t … Continue reading →

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