The S is for Speed: The Pale Moon Project

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Joel

I recently ran into a problem at work in which I could no longer use Firefox or Chrome as my default browser.  I was instead instructed to us the aging kludge known as Internet Explorer 6.  Normally, I have no problems following the due process at work, but in today’s society where the vast majority of work is done either on or in conjunction with the internet I have a slight issue with an older browser being the only allowable tool (especially one that horribly fails the Acid 2 test).  Furthermore, many companies are no longer supporting IE6 and others are actively pushing modern browsers.  My search for a new browser ended when I found the Pale Moon Project.

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Dreams Really Do Come True

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Sam

My Dad walked into my nerd cave and saw it. His response: “Oh. My. God.” Not the “this is totally awesome” OMG, but the “what the hell is wrong with you?” OMG. What was it that I had done? Did I take a sledge hammer to my computers? Did I paint the room pink? Did I take a crap on the floor? No! I built a server rack:

2 Post Rack

In living room, after assembly

Since I love being at work so much, I decided to make my house look like it. Who needs peace and quiet when you can have 2 80mm fans roaring away? It’s the way computing should be.

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Escaping Cellular Hell or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Early Termination Fee

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Charlie

Good evening, dear readers of Sector 930! Thank you for joining us for yet another exciting adventure.

Tonight’s story begins with a man. A nerdy man. A man who loves technology, gadgets, and telecommunications. A man who happens to be me. You see, for the past several years, this man had been living in “Cellular Hell.” Not because he didn’t have good coverage, no — in fact his coverage was very satisfactory. Not because he didn’t have access to some of the latest “smartphones” — he had the original iPhone and a BlackBerry Curve 8900. So, what could I possibly have to complain about? I’m glad you asked!

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UltraVNC SC

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Edwin

A few weekends ago,  I went to my hometown to see my parents and dog. And being the good son I am, spent some time working on my parents’ computer, a Dell running some sort of XP Home Media center or whatever. “Working on” their computer usually means patching, defragmenting, and uninstalling whatever crap the FiOS installers or my sister put on there. This time, I replaced the AVG Home Firewall/Anti-virus monstrosity with Microsoft Security Essentials, and installed XP service pack 3. I also deleted the Verizon and Google toolbars, and some icons off the desktop.

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Teaching Fibonacci the easy way

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Joel

If you ever find yourself having trouble teaching someone about Fibonacci numbers or the Golden spiral, I’d like you to remember that a picture truly is worth a thousand words.

via flickr

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