Posts tagged “computers”

Computer-mad Generation Has a Memory Crash

“It’s a type of brain dysfunction,” said Toshiyuki Sawaguchi, the university’s professor of neurobiology. “Young people today are becoming stupid.” And … in a completely unrelated story … Doctors amputate first human hand transplant: Hallam said for the first year, the right hand – which had belonged to a French motorcyclist killed in an accident

Experts Exchange

Experts Exchange is an incredibly useful resource for computer professionals. Tell ’em GatorDavid referred you.

Hardware Sucks

Heh. Cool. I’m a computer programmer. I am not a hardware guy. I am using a server as a development machine. The hardware guy just gave me a sound card and a screwdriver. Let’s see if I can do this … <Dr. Nick>Good night, Everybody!</Dr. Nick>

The GirlGeeks Geek Quiz

The GirlGeeks Geek Quiz is quick and amusing. I was rated an Alpha Geek. <droll>Surprise.</droll>

Connection

Right now Bud clocks in at 485.7 Kbps (59.5 K bytes/sec) at Microsoft’s Bandwidth Speed Test. This is considerably better than the 19.4 Kbps he used to get through the old 28.8 modem. I don’t know how that compares to ADSL, but I don’t really care. It’s plenty fast for me.

Intel Announces Pentium 4 Brand Name for New Microprocessor

Intel Announces Pentium 4 Brand Name for New Microprocessor

Intel Announces Pentium® 4 Brand Name For New Microprocessor; Check out the Orange & Blue logo! Go Gators!

Pain in the Neck

Working on your computer on the floor is a big pain in the neck. Literally.

Packing to Move

Newsflash! In a sudden stroke of genius, David realizes the only way he will finish packing is if he packs the computer! I have to do it. This thing is like a drug. I feel like I’m about to sever a limb or something. Bud is going off-line here. Dave? What are you doing, Dave?

Internet Infrastructure

Here is an excellent article about how the web works. Thanks, Jason!

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.