I am surprised by all of the technology that is coming out. It is interesting to me, that we are still living in the stone ages though. I mean, think about it… Processor speeds grow at a nearly exponential rate, memory is growing just as fast, hard drive sizes are as well. With all of these advances, do we still use the arcane method of a mouse and keyboard. Sure, the have finally started adding finger print scanners to laptops to use instead of passwords, but there is a serious lack of innovation when it comes to user input. (more…)
Archive for July, 2007
Touchscreens – The new computer interface
Friday, July 27th, 2007Against all odds
Friday, July 20th, 2007“The house always wins.” or so everyone says. But in this case, everyone is wrong. The Caesar in Indiana had a big problem where the players took the house. This story at Yahoo, “Is winning on a faulty slot machine [a] crime?” talks about this. I have found it interesting that all of a sudden when the house starts to loose, then they go after everyone that has won. (more…)
Fighting Spam
Thursday, July 19th, 2007I started having a lot of troubles with my mail server when it started getting spammed pretty bad. I have
Postfix using Amavis to push the email through ClamAV and SpamAssasin. My server was brought to it’s knees. It was running at 98-99% processor load and it would take hours for email to go through. So here is what I did to fix the problem: (more…)
The Model/View/Controller (MVC) Mindset
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007Being a programmer that works on our clients websites, my eyes have been opened to the fact that there are some really BAD programmers out there. A current project that I have been working on is a total mess. Our customer outsourced the programming to some company in Russia. This company never finished the project and so our customer contacted my company in hopes we could complete the project. (more…)
Blu-Ray VS HD-DVD
Monday, July 9th, 2007In another never ending battle, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD seem to be in a bitter struggle of survival. Which will win? Which will die, never to be seen again? Everyone seems to have an opinion, and as of yet, it seems that no decision has been made, or is it simple to early in the race to decide? (more…)
Transformers: The Movie
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007Transformers: The Movie has been highly anticipated by me. I have been watching, waiting and counting down until the movie was released. I was very privileged to see this movie opening night! I saw the movie at The District in Riverton Utah, the local movie theater. (more…)
