by Dennis Clayton | Jun 20, 2008 | Cool Stuff
Ice on Mars is a pretty big deal… If the Phoenix was able to scrap just this much soil and hit water ice, then it is most likely prevalent just below the surface of Mars. The implications are numerous. Life on Mars was almost guaranteed in the past if this ice...
by Dennis Clayton | Jun 17, 2008 | Cool Stuff, Good Things
Since I am starting to focus this whole place more on technobabble, I try to avoid non-techy subjects, but having posted on Amtrak before, I will do so again. Last week, Congress appropriated 15 billion to help Amtrak “steam forward” (sorry! 😉 ) into the...
by Dennis Clayton | Jun 16, 2008 | Cool Stuff, Linux, Review, Software, Technical, Technology
I’ve always have used simple WiFi routers to be the “first device” connected to my network here at home. Over the last year or two, I have been experimenting with SveaSoft Talisman Opensource Router Firmware, on my Buffalo WHR-HP-G54, as well...
by Dennis Clayton | Jun 9, 2008 | Apple, Cell Phones, Cool Stuff, Gadgets, Software, Technical, Technology
The new Apple iPhone 3G was announced today (6/9/2009) at WWDC 2008 in San Francisco. The new price is only $199 (8gb) and $299 (16gb) due to carrier subsidies. It has tons of new features built into it, notably GPS and 3G (of course) and will definitely make inroads...
by Dennis Clayton | May 14, 2008 | Cool Stuff, Software, Technical, Technology, Wordpress
I have a contact form on my company’s website that I have had serious problems with in the past… The past being before I implemented Akismet into the code. Akismet is a service provided by Automattic (the creators of WordPress) and is an excellent API based spam...
by Dennis Clayton | Apr 28, 2008 | Cool Stuff, Linux, Microsoft, Software, Technology, Ubuntu, Wordpress
Last week, after much waiting by myself, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS came out. Before the release, I didn’t have the time to really mess around much with the BETAs or the last Release Candidate, but the morning it was released, torrenting commenced and went to work. Got...
