stuff on software

easy things

Sunday, 30 September 2007 10:24 am by noel
posted in hardware, linux, software

i met with a couple of people a few days ago about making e-mail newsletters and maybe some web dev. as the meeting started, two of them brought out their mac books. as for me, the tech nerd that i am, brought . . . nothing. at one time, as [...]

signs

Friday, 28 September 2007 9:58 pm by noel
posted in software

first there came the option to “downgrade” from vista to windows xp for new pcs. then there’s the 5-month extension (until 30 june 2008) for pc manufacturers to continue selling windows xp pre-loaded.
there’s even a call to abandon vista altogether.
cannot read the signs, eh?
well, to me, it appears that most people just wants to stay [...]

no vista

Sunday, 23 September 2007 6:27 pm by noel
posted in software

ok. you can tell i found an interesting geek website. yup. i did. at least, it is for the moment.
10 reasons not to get Vista
good read especially if you’re still trying to convince yourself that sticking with xp is/was the right choice.

upgrading again?

Sunday, 23 September 2007 12:32 pm by noel
posted in software, theme, wordpress

wordpress 2.3 is coming out in a few days (24 sept) and i just upgraded to wp 2.2.2 from 2.02 a couple of weeks ago. sigh. it never ends, does it?
no. i don’t feel compelled to upgrade just yet. i’m a paranoid kind of guy when it comes to these things. would like know if [...]

e-mail white list

Friday, 21 September 2007 10:13 pm by noel
posted in e-mail, internet, software

after reading an article about running only white listed programs on a computer instead of blocking blacklisted ones to improve internet security, i started thinking of doing the same to my e-mail. there are more spam mail coming in each day than legitimate ones so it should be easier (and maybe more efficient?) to filter [...]