Very Inntsertieg
Conversations with kooks.com.
Category: Wired
Musings about computers, usually when one has just failed me, and the internet, usually when something has just baffled me.
Time-Travelling Space Aliens
Half-remembered quotation causing trouble again.
Partly Truth, Partly Fiction
My spam folder is full. Again. There’s a photo from Pam and a document from Louella, neither of whom I know. The Apple Store wants me to update my information; PayPal wants me to verify my account information. The US debt help administration wants to, I don’t know, I’m guessing …
Just Click
Some thoughts on the silliness of spam.
The Law of No Free Lunch
Musings on the inevitable trade-offs in life and the odd things we lose when we gain time: recognizable signatures, for one.
Never Let It Rest
Hacking my way through the 947-step process required to set up my new laptop, I come face-to-screen with a failure to communicate, caused, perversely, by a commitment to continual improvement.
Clams Got Feet: Do Computers Cheat?
It isn’t that I mind losing fair and square. Yeah, yeah, OK, I absolutely detest losing under any conditions, but I accept that I will lose sometimes if the game is hard enough to be interesting.
How Long Has it Been?
Thanks to databases and nifty analytics, targeted advertising is almost magic. But nothing is perfect, as some notable clunkers make clear. Isabel: University of Ottawa I glance at the apparently personalized subject line on the email from my professional networking site and frown. What’s this about the U of …
There’s An App (er, Site) For That
A chance observation of a billboard for a personal-injury law firm launches deep thought (OK, maybe just a rant) about personal injuries and website proliferation. Injured in a hotel? If a billboard can blare, this one does. Injured in a hotel? All acid colours and blocky lettering, it looms loudly …