Author: Will Cox

Looks like the local CATV franchise is about to change hands again. This has been in the works since April, when Susquehanna Pfaltzgraf, a privately-held compan...

Then, back in the 1970’s, my little sister got her picture in the paper. My parents still have a copy somewhere in their house. Now, the Little Sister got...

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Ernie observes that some essential infrastructure is being restored in New Orleans. I have a strong sense that the one piece of infrastructure that the politici...

The following procedure requires administrative privileges. The instructions are specific to NTFS filesystems; Windows operating systems using the FAT filesyste...

Hey, Jenett‘s got the jackass where he lives too!

I’m turning off comments and trackbacks for the moment. My apologies for the inconvenience to those of you who want to add your pithy thoughts to my brill...

Power failed in Yorktown over the weekend. Among other side-effects, it hurt my uptime. # last reboot reboot system boot 2.2.15-4mdksecur Sun Oct 16 14:41 (2+01...

With a lot of talk on NPR recently about the proposed Iraqi Constitution, I figured I should have a look at it to see where they failed. At least it isn’t...

Thanks, Rick, for pointing to Erik Heel’s astute observation. It followed to this impassioned plea to FOX Sports to just tell Tim McCarver to shut up. I&#...

Forgetting for the moment about the tiny screen and low resolutions even on the desktop, it seems somewhat crazy and counter-intuitive to give up several dozen ...

Gillen pointed out that everything sounds like Coldplay now. Then I heard the review of Laura Viers on All Things Considered last night, and damn if he‘s ...

Today’s the 60th anniversary of IBM Research. Fred Brooks and other luminaries are over at the T. J. Watson Research Center here in Yorktown. IBM Research...

Have you noticed that DisneyWorld‘s resorts are priced on their proximity to (non-bus) mass transit, to the parks, and to after-hours entertainment? Check...

The cost of switching between Web services is very low, almost miniscule, so providers of Web applications must be constantly on their toes, and provide an exce...

Hey there, reference librariansHey there, rare book antiquariansHey there, octogenarians, answers, pleaseWhat will I do with these flowers and gems?To whom will...

War may be Hell, but it sure is good for business. — The Association of Merchants, Manufacturers, and Morticians

There’s a lot of neat stuff going out there in the wide, wide world. Some just makes you go, “Wow.” And then envy sets in. For your envious en...

I’ve installed Ubuntu Breezy Badger on my desk. From a GUI perspective it’s just another GNOME. From a system administration perspective, it’s...

I’ve noticed over the past few days that traditional media outlets, such as Ziff-Davis c|net and other fine purveyors of re-written press releases, have b...