What is RSS?

In a world heaving under the weight of billions of web pages, keeping up to date with the information you want can be a drag. Wouldn’t it be better to have the latest news and features delivered directly to you, rather than having to visit each site individually? You’ve probably seen this icon on the [...]

Talking Points to Defeat Canadian DMCA

Brendon Wilson has a fantastic write-up concerning the ramifications of Bill C-61, which has been tabled in the Canadian Parliament. This a topic that I hope will be hotly contested and all Canadians are encouraged to write their MPs to present their feelings. Brendon provides a rational fact based argument against the bill, which should [...]

Looking at Vista’s User Account Control

I blogged ever so briefly about Vista’s new User Account Control before and what it will mean to users in its current form so I’m quite happy to find that ZDNet is experiencing the same type of mind-numbing annoyances with UAC as I. It’s clear that Microsoft is attempting to instill safe practices to it’s [...]

System Administrator Truths

What are your top ten system administrator truths? Here are a few of mine: Be very pessimistic Start from a known state of the system (switch off – switch on). Make sure you can leave the system exactly like it was before you touched it. Dont fix what isn’t broken. Even if you are genius, [...]

My Top NES Games

I’d just like to say that in honor of this being the 20th year of existence for the ye ole NES, here is my top Nintendo games.

15. Duck Tales
14. Castlevania
13. Super Mario Bros. 2
12. Bionic Commando
11. Zelda II
10. Dragon Warrior
9. Mega Man 2
8. Contra
7. Metroid
6. Final Fantasy
5. Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!
4. Super Mario Bros.
3. Tecmo SuperBowl
2. Super Mario Bros. 3
1. The Legend of Zelda

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