Comment Re:LogMeIn (Score 1) 454
I came here to suggest LogMeIn. I can't get Back To My Mac to work from behind my router, but LogMeIn works like a charm.
Comment "other" readers (Score 1) 503
Earlier this year, i was using an old greyscale Palm PIlot I borrowed from work as a reader. I got through several Cory Doctorow books on it, as well as several other books. I think I broke the down button on the thing, in fact.
Now, I have an iPod Touch, with four different book and pdf readers on it... and I haven't really read anything on it yet. Too busy with the videos and the email and the games and stuff. The Palm was really useless to me for anything except book reading. There's something to be aid for specialized devices, after all.
Comment Overdue fines (Score 2, Informative) 369
I've got about $10 in overdue fines - a fair amount from when I stupidly let my kids check out books on my card - so they won't let me back to check more stuff out until I pay some of that off.
Comment Re:And what could be more pointless than Twitter? (Score 1) 88
The people you DON'T follow make it interesting, too. Thanks to my mindless personal ramblings on Twitter that other people found, I have learned about, among other things:
o Where to buy a good digeridoo
o Modern-day old-school radio plays being performed in Britain
o The benefits of acupuncture over chiropracters
I have also won a $25 Amazon gift card thanks to Twitter, and gotten a free cell phone upgrade (from my provider's support contact) as well!
I used to have the same complaints about Facebook that others have about Twitter. Just like any other service on the Internet, Twitter is what you make of it.
Comment I did this (Score 4, Interesting) 175
For a month or so, I did this as a temp job. My job consisted of manually logging into a server every two hours and manually running a command to gather log files, and then another to send those files to a second server. I honestly have no idea what kind of system I was logging into, I just know that I was told they were unable to automate the process, so there needed to be a warm body to run the commands. For that, I got to sit in a windowless basement data closet with no access to TV, radio, or open Internet. At least it was a paycheck, and I got to catch up on some reading, writing, and sleep.
Comment Wishing for option 2 (Score 1) 887
I'd take a bus to work in a heartbeat. I'd much rather someone else drive, but the nearest bus stop to where I live is already halfway to work. It's only about 12 miles to work driving, so by that point, I might as well drive the rest of the way.
Comment Re:Red Sonja? (Score 1) 256
Worse casting? Rose McGowan will be Sonja - http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/movies/RedSonjaTrailer2009-RedSonjaMovie2009-RoseMcGowan.php
Submission + - CompUSA to Close All Stores 1
An anonymous reader writes: Mexican telephone and retail magnate Carlos Slim, in a rare defeat, will exit the U.S. consumer electronics market, shutting the last 100 CompUSA Inc. stores after sinking about $2 billion into the business.
Gordon Brothers Group, a Boston-based retail store liquidator, will oversee a piecemeal sale of the Dallas-based business, the company said in a statement. Financial terms were not disclosed. Stores will remain open through year-end under the supervision of Gordon Brothers, which will also negotiate the sale of real estate and other assets. Two law firms were hired to represent creditors, CompUSA said.
Submission + - Gambling banned from Second Life (secondlife.com)
zaren writes: "As posted today on Linden Lab's blog, as of July 25th, 2007, any activities in Second Life that "rely on chance or random number generation to determine a winner, OR... rely on the outcome of real-life organized sporting events" are forbidden. That means no more virtual gambling of any kind, no casinos, no nothing. In addition, the change in policy includes threats to delete user items and turn information about violators of the policy over to "authorites and financial institutions"."
