Monthly Archives: October 2008

Bits and Bytes and “Bytes”

Posted on October 31, 2008 by stanner

Today the biggest hard drive out there is in the order of 1.5 “Terabytes.” Why do I say “Terabytes” rather than just Terabytes? Well to answer this we need to know how we go from a Bit (a single 1 … Continue reading →

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Switching My Grandmother to… Part II

Posted on October 22, 2008 by stanner

Last time i left you, I had helped my grandmother get accustomed to some of Firefox’s great features and how to use the AOL web-mail interface. Well it has been a few months since then and I was finally able … Continue reading →

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Fonts and Copywrongs

Posted on October 22, 2008 by stanner

I received an email thismorning informing me of a mistake: Linotype Fonts, File 0013950: Stephen Tanner ——————————– ! Please remove this link! Dear Sir or Madam, Dear Mr. Tanner, I am writing on behalf of Linotype Corp. /Linotype GmbH, Du-Pont-Straße … Continue reading →

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When Facts are Propoganda

Posted on October 22, 2008 by stanner

Microsoft sent a TechNet newsletter to my immediate boss saying it was a “…special bonus edition of TechNet Flash featuring content specifically selected to inform and ease your Windows Vista deployment.” Now in the first sentience of the TechNet newsletter, … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Weave

Posted on October 22, 2008 by stanner

From Mozilla Labs: Weave is a project to integrate web services into Firefox by allowing users to securely share their data with other users and 3rd parties. If you have ever used either Foxmarks, Google Broswer Sync, etc… then you … Continue reading →

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