Entries for December 2006

It's curious that a most modern of technologies–dictation software–prompted memories of mimeograph, a printing tech we used years ago to produce a daily newspaper at my high school. I'll explain a bit later.

Webmail is a great thing–services like Hotmail and Gmail offer free storage and a personal E-mail address. But don't fool yourself into thinking it's permanent. The only lasting E-mail address is one you own yourself.

There's no excuse anymore for wasting time bouncing from website to website trying to keep up with the news. Even Internet Explorer, the browser still used by most PC users, now makes it easy to master RSS, the "really simple syndication" that brings the headlines to you.

Like everybody with an E-mail address, I've suffered in recent months from a surge in spam, that scourge of online life.

It was getting tempting to switch to a new antispam program, hoping for relief.

Our geothermal heating and cooling system is installed and already saving us money. We know because we have hot water–or warm water, anyway.

Microsoft released Windows Vista to business customers last week and reiterated that the new operating system would be available to consumers in late January. Now if we can only figure out which version we want.