Geekfoolery

A brand new spankin’ new copy of Microsoft Office 2007, shrink-wrapped and everything, will cost you at a minimum, $129.00 for the Home/Student edition. It includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote, whatever that is. The more powerful Full Version, with Publisher, Access, Outlook and all that crap runs $437.99, though don’t forget, free shipping.
In the […]

Microsoft’s new operating system Vista becomes available to the general public today. The OS is reviewed here, here, and here, just to name a few places. But I think the reasons that release of Vista is an important milestone in the tech world are NOT Vista’s new look or its new security features, or its […]

A few quick follow-ups to some responses I have received to this month’s posts.

photo: linked from goatopolis

TiVo. Slingbox. Youtube. Google Video. TV shows and movies on iTunes Music Store. Video podcasts. Plus Xbox/Playstation/Nintendo. And plain ol’ Internet surfing on top of it. Here is my question: Exactly how many hours does one have in a day does one have to absorb entertainment from a TV screen?
(Well, 24 hours in a day, […]

I think my experience with home inkjet printers is pretty typical. I print a couple of pages every other week or so-maybe some directions or a map, sometimes one of the kids has a school assignment. If I have more than a couple pages, I try to print it on someone else’s printer, if it […]

If you have an iPod (or something like it ) with a capacity of tens of thousands of songs, a quick trip to the iTunes Music store and some ciphering, and it seems like you’ll need to spend thousands of dollars to fill that hard drive up with tunes.
Which of course, no one does. While […]