Life With Global Warming…

This post is pretty off-center with this blog. It is not a technology, geeky, Linux solution article. Instead, I am writing it to organize my thoughts, and to see if anyone has good answers for some bad questions. You see, I worry more and more about global warming.
I have never been an [...]

Microsoft Patch Badness – Who Is To Blame?

Talk about timing. I just did a write-up on product quality from Microsoft, and right around the corner is a nasty zero-day bug that even affects Vista. Today, after Microsoft releases a patch, it is revealed that the patch BREAKS THINGS (specifically, Realtek audio and Ethernet devices seem to be most affected – [...]

Do You Trust Microsoft?

I try to give things, ideas, people, etc. a fair shake in most cases, and this even applies to the Microsoft Windows operating system (specifically Windows XP). Yeah, I use Linux and go out of my way to avoid using Windows, and yes, I sometimes _do_ feel like I need [...]

What keeps me using Windows at home?

Could be several things, but it’s not.
Games?  No.  I just don’t play games anymore, and I don’t feel like I’ve really missed anything, even if they are really cool once in a while.  I am just not a gamer.
Office apps, like Outlook?  No.  I barely check e-mail at home, and it’s all web-based anyway.
Any Active [...]