Category Archives: Miscellaneous

No sour grapes for this new desktop metaphor

May 17, 2008 – 4:08 pm

I like GUI interfaces. For me the commandline is something that is better left off in the arcane past of black screens and blinking cursors. That said I have also maintained that the desktop we utilize today - regardless of the operating system - is basically a dumb idea of pretty little icons placed around [...]

By Steven Hodson | Also posted in Software |

$1 Billion to fight child pornography

May 16, 2008 – 4:53 pm

Every once in awhile governments do actually come out with something that is totally worth expending billions of dollars and huge amounts of manpower on in order to fix things that are the scourge of our society. Today Dominic Rivera of The Inquisitr (Duncan Riley’s excellent new blog) has a post about how the [...]

By Steven Hodson | Also posted in Internet |

Keep your ads outta my head

May 13, 2008 – 10:56 am

Advertising is a fact of life and there is nothing that we can do about it. Without online advertising Web 2.0 would have been dead in its tracks as it is the necessary evil required to fuel the incredible wealth of a small number of people and to give us supposedly free stuff.
It seems [...]

By Steven Hodson |

A supposition that could have far ranging effects

May 13, 2008 – 1:57 am

I took a bit of a break from sitting in front of the computer to watch a bit of television with my wife and read a little bit when out of nowhere really something got me thinking along a totally different line. I am not sure exactly what spark the thought but it went [...]

By Steven Hodson | Also posted in Internet |

DiabetesMine Design Challenge

May 7, 2008 – 6:07 pm

While this news is a little out of my normal realm of stuff that I talk about but having both friends and family that have had diabetes I wanted to pass along the announcement that Amy Tenderich sent me by email about DiabetesMine’s 2nd Design Challenge. The challenge is meant to foster innovation and create [...]

By Steven Hodson |

Microsoft & Facebook

May 7, 2008 – 5:19 pm

This has to be a classic message on Twitter courtesy of Mathew Ingram regarding the rumors that are circulating about Microsoft and Facebook

I’m still chuckling - Thanks Mathew
Conversation Tags: Microsoft, Facebook, Mathew Ingram

By Steven Hodson |

Group Policy Editor in XP Home? A Tweakers Dream

May 6, 2008 – 4:11 pm

I often run across blog entries for a particular tip, trick or tweak for "Windows XP" that invariably starts with "…open Group Policy Editor..". Then, in true Digg-esque fashion, 15 comments not-so-politely inform the author that GPE is only present in XP Pro, so this tweak is useless for XP Home users.
Or is it?
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By Bill Vincent | Also posted in Microsoft, Software, Tech Tips |

Elite Tech News #7 - it’s all about the ninjas

May 5, 2008 – 7:45 pm

As usual the Elite Tech News crew got together on Sunday and had some fun putting the weekly podcast together. In this week’s line up was Louis Gray, Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins, Frederic Lardinois, Art Lindsey and myself.
This week’s edition is sporting some nice intro and closing music along with some crankiness on my part [...]

By Steven Hodson |