That’s right, Matt Mullenweg, Houstonian and creator of the ever popular WordPress blogging software (we use it) will be at The Stag’s Head Pub, in the Oak Room, Monday the 19th at 7pm, to chill with other WordPress users and enthusiasts. Come on out and say hello, have a bite to eat or grab a […]

Here’s a link to my weekly tech round up over at Houstonist.com., it’s called the Houstonist Tech Buzz and it comes out every Sunday around 6pm. Check it out, it has lots of interesting Houston related technology stories. This week, HISD, The Astros, Halliburton, AT&T and software developers.

I have been talking to a lot of computer users who tell me their Windows computer clock will not stay set to the correct time since the time change this weekend. If your system clock keeps reverting to the incorrect time, here is what I have found will fix it. First, go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and […]

This past Sunday I was interviewed on Channel 13’s morning news program about the Y2K7 issue. You can view it on Jeff Ehling’s blog by clicking here. I enjoyed the experience. The staff that makes up the Sunday morning crew made me feel welcome and at ease. Elissa Rivas conducted the actual interview and she […]

Dwight Silverman is still on hiatus writing his book. He is scheduled to return on March 28th. Barrett is off to Europe chasing his Cylon girlfriend around The Hague, London and Amsterdam and is also scheduled to return on the 28th. Tonight’s show will be Peter Hughes, phliKtid and myself. Off air support provided by […]

Geek humor! Parody of Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Robert Lund over at spaff.com

This Sunday morning, many of us will be setting our clocks ahead 1 hour for Daylight Savings Time. What makes this different than last spring is that, thanks to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Daylight Savings Time will start on the second Sunday in March (March 11, 2007) instead of the first Sunday in […]

While Benjamin Franklin may have been first to suggest saving daylight in
1784, he made no mention Daylight Saving Time (DST). It was William Willett
who first officially proposed DST to the British government, though he was
unable to convince Parliment to adopt it. Though often referred to as “summer
time” in British English, it was the Germans (during World War One, no less)
who first put DST into practice, choosing the initial dates of April 30th,
1916, through October 1st, 1916. Not to be outdone, the Brits followed suit,
first adopting it between May 21st and October 1st, 1916.