Author: Mike McBride

  • News tidbits

    Thanks to Robyn, I learned that not only can you use X10 cameras to spy on your kids or the babysitter, or your good looking houseguests, but lots of other folks could be tapping into those images as well! Hmm might want to think twice about what you’re doing in front of the X10, eh?…

  • Lovely forms

    I just spent a good chunk of my morning filling out insurance forms, aren’t I lucky? Since we’re probably switching health insurance carriers here at work, everyone got to fill out applications and brief medical histories for the new place. Let’s see I woke up this morning to freezing rain and ice, went through that…

  • Forums

    Looks like a few people who are in the middle of the THC saga are straggling in to the forums. That’s cool, I hope they can find some info from each other there! The infamous Geek also stopped in to suggest some possible forum topics, one about privacy/legislation and one actually about blogging. I’m going…

  • Hmm

    Cuba Bans PC Sales to Public Let’s see, in Cuba you can’t buy a computer because the government is afraid you’ll use it in subversive ways, but in the US, according to Senator Hollings, et al., you will only be allowed to buy the computers that have the technology to make sure you don’t do…

  • Monday morning stuff

    Overheard at Saturday night’s hockey game: “Dude, you’d never catch me in New York or Washington or any place like that, those are just targets for terrorists, it could happen anytime, you never know” 5 minutes later from the same person: “Well they’re just over-reacting to this girl getting killed at the game, I mean…

  • Doc does it again!

    Since he explains and links to things about the Hollings bill, and the internet radio fees better than I ever will, go over to Doc Searls’ site and get all the latest information about these horrible laws! He does a wonderful job of keeping us all informed about this stuff on a regular basis, but…