Monthly Archives: February 2005

Sobering report at Windows Secrets, based on an extensive analysis by Eric L Howes. Almost all the anti-adware programs that were tested removed fewer than half of the hundreds of adware components Howes cataloged. The best [...] removed less than … Continue reading →

From the eBay auction listing: Harley Davidson powered “Star Wars” Landspeeder / perfect for “Burning Man” art car For Sale !! [...] I have to sell the Landspeeder because I’m building a full-size mockup of the shuttlecraft Galileo used in … Continue reading →

I just got some unsettling news. Someone told me about some serious personality flaws that I wasn’t even aware of. This person knows me pretty well, and they’re probably right. So why didn’t anyone tell me this before? Why do … Continue reading →

It is often claimed (by me) that I can’t code my way out of a paper bag. But I finally got a Java project off the ground — an html-scraper to catalog job postings off the web. The main obstacle … Continue reading →