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Archive for March, 2007

BarretTime – 2007.03.28

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Just some obligatory vacation highlights – If you’ve ever made a mark in a dictionary when you learned a new word, then you have Dr. Samual Johnson to thank. He completed the first compendium of the English language in 1755, having done much of his work near the pub called Ye Old Cheshire Cheese. I […]

Podcast 03-28-2007

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Hacking the Republican Party, Myspace style

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

I have spoken before in my personal blog on the topic of hot-linking images. As a photographer and as a person who hosts and posts a lot of images, I get people directly linking to my server all the time on Myspace, Friendster, Facebook and so on. There’s my image, plain as day. No credit […]

Clever solution to an annoying problem

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

One of the readers of my Helpline column sent me this email which describes a novel solution to an age old problem: 14 year old computer “geniuses” and the problems they cause I have a 14 year old son who believes he is a computer whiz. He is constantly downloading programs from the Internet and […]

Tech Buzz

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

My Tech Buzz column is up at houstonist.com. Check it out for local Houston tech stories ranging from online dating, corporate buyouts, tablet PC’s, chasing Cylons and spoofing caller ID’s. Houstonist Tech Buzz is published every Sunday. –groovehouse

Technology Makeover

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

We do get a lot of calls from small business owners so I know this will be of interest to some of our listeners Houston based Ergos Technology is looking to make one small business a very happy camper. They are sponsoring a contest, the winner of which will receive a $35,000 technology makeover. The […]

Podcast March 21, 2007

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Chronicle Helpline for 3/20/2007

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Jay Lee’s Chronicle Helpline column for the week is online here

Apple iRack

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Geek humor meets political commentary

Tech Bytes fans represent!

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

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