Wireless Internet Safety
I found a good article about how to keep youself safe while using public wireless Internet access (or WiFi). Here's some of the key points:
How to get a bigger monitor at work
Just tell your boss about this quote, and change the $50,000 to whatever you're making.
Unmountable Boot Volume
Is it just me or is "unmountable boot volume" a relatively common problem on Dell computers? I have now had to fix this on two seperate computers. It seems like they don't handle bad shutdowns very well. Also, do Dell computers not come with Windows XP CDs? I needed to start into the Recovery Console but there's no way to get there with any of the Dell CDs. So I had to use my own XP CD. The first computer I tried to fix didn't get corrected through chkdsk /p or chkdsk /r, so I had to transfer all the files and then reinstall everything.
Make your own Star Wars puppets
These are kinda creepy looking, but also very cool. Kanja Chen made a Chewbacca puppet and a Darth Maul puppet. You can go to Project Puppet to get the puppet materials, but you probably need some talent too. Someboday make me an octopus puppet.
Al Gore never claimed to have invented the Internet
I always heard that joke that Al Gore invented the Internet, but I never knew the story behind it. It turns out he didn't invent the Internet (obviously) and never claimed that he did. He just got misquoted and everyone blew it out of proportion to make him seem like a liar. He was just saying that when he was in Congress he knew that the Internet was going to be big. Here's the full story.