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Windows 8 Demo Video

Watch it before Microsoft has it removed from YouTube…

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2012 11 24 cziltang Comments (1)

Review of Windows 8

This is going to be a stream of consciousness review of Windows 8. I’d like to think it’s in the mold of Kerouac or Thompson but frankly, it’s probably just that I’m too lazy to say “period” after each sentence while I’m dictating to my speech recognition software. I installed Windows 8 on the Head [...]

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2012 10 29 cziltang Comments (0)

In which cziltang gets backed into a corner

I’ve been busy lately trying to keep up with school, work, family stuff and other assorted issues.  Being, as the phrase goes, “unencumbered by the confines of regular employment” has its advantages.  I usually only work on weekends, I’ve gotten enough installation jobs in the last month to pay the rent and some of the [...]

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2012 09 27 cziltang Comments (1)

Dr. Boli explains the Internet

I’m pretty sure this is really the way it works.

2012 04 26 cziltang Comments (1)

Oh, by the way

Just in case anyone from the IT department at my work has figured out who I am and is checking Ratlands for incorrect thoughts or other improprieties, I can save you the trouble of searching the logs on my office computer.  All these midday posts are written and scheduled for automatic publication in advance. I’ve [...]

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2011 11 15 cziltang Comments (0)

Passwords

I’ve been meaning to get to this for a while because it’s important.  Next time you create a password for an account, keep this advice in mind. I have been doing this for a while, as a guy I really respect in our IT department told me about it several months ago.  Using a phrase [...]

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2011 11 14 cziltang Comments (0)

That much closer to Marvin

Or maybe not.  Douglas Adams had a character in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Marvin, an incredibly intelligent robot who was, for lack of a better term, terminally depressed. University of Texas researchers have now created a computer with schizophrenia. One small step for man, one giant leap for robot therapists. (via GeekPress)

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2011 05 16 cziltang Health Care
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Free software

Here’s an article that lists 101 free software alternatives to the commercial software a lot of us use.

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2010 11 14 cziltang Comments (0)

Maslow

In case you’re not interested in minute by minute updates on the election, I thought I would provide a link to Maslow’s Heirarchy of Internet Needs. (via GeekPress, of course)

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2010 11 02 cziltang Humor Comments (1)

Creepy

I’ve been working on personnel evaluations tonight, listening to some internet radio on the side (another reason, along with chain smoking and drinking heavily, that I prefer to do evaluations at home). I usually have WinAmp set to run visualizations.  I don’t normally watch them, but in between tasks, especially when you’ve been staring at [...]

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2010 10 10 cziltang Personal Comments (0)

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