http://www.blogic.info Bloggin' away Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:17:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love to play with nifty gadgets. Personally, I like the ones with lots of nifty features. Of course, it doesn't help if half those features don't work as advertised. I could say more, but this good article explains why more isn't always better and why certain types of gadgets ... http://www.blogic.info/2007/10/16/better-function-or-more-functions.html ...in a galaxy far, far away... No, that's not quite right. But several years ago, there was a website that had 'free' software. All you had to do was pay the shipping (which, as I recall, was about $5 per CD). Sadly, that website died a couple years back. Disappointing, they had ... http://www.blogic.info/2007/09/14/a-long-time-ago.html Today's world can be a dangerous place. Even just traveling a short distance can be dangerous if you get into an accident on the wrong stretch of road. And even if you have a cell phone, there is no guarantee that you'll be able to tell emergency workers where you ... http://www.blogic.info/2007/08/30/easily-keep-track-of-your-vehicle.html Everyone has a mouse (or mouse-like device) on their computer, as well as a keyboard of some type or another. But what if that's just not enough? Maybe you need a bit more? I'm not quite sure exactly what else you need, but if you're so inclined it is possible ... http://www.blogic.info/2007/08/30/mouse-and-keyboard-not-enough.html When you're trying to run a business, getting a decent server setup can be expensive. For a really good setup, you cannot simply run down to the local computer store and pluck a desktop computer off the shelf to use as a server. It might work, for awhile, but that's ... http://www.blogic.info/2007/08/30/invest-in-the-future-get-a-real-server.html By now, you've probably seen or at least heard of the Microsoft interactive table system. This is one of the coolest things ever, even if you don't care for Microsoft. Sort photos physically, 'fling' music and pictures onto your assorted devices and more. But what if you don't have the thousands ... http://www.blogic.info/2007/08/27/build-your-own-giant-touch-screen.html I love playing older games, especially interactive fiction. They require thought, timing and a bit of skill. Unfortunately, newer games require an awful lot on how fast you can press buttons. That can be entertaining, but not always what I'd want from a game. I've been looking at the IF wiki ... http://www.blogic.info/2007/08/26/talk-about-distracting.html I've personally been quite fond of Dafont for quite some time. It's easy to use and has tons of fonts to choose from. Whenever I've needed a font to use, I've been able to find one at Dafont. But now I've got another font site to look at. This one is ... http://www.blogic.info/2007/08/11/all-the-fonts-you-could-ever-use.html Trying to create a logo for a new company or website can be a real hassle. What color? What shape? Can you even draw what you want to draw? I've done this logo thing before and it is not easy at all to create one from scratch. Fortunately, you don't have ... http://www.blogic.info/2007/08/11/logo-creation-can-be-easy.html After several successive computer failures (for various random reasons), I've finally decided to do something smart... back up my files! I know, I know... I should have done it sooner, much sooner, but it's always been something that 'I'll do later'. Smart idea, right? Anyway, I decided to take a look ... http://www.blogic.info/2007/08/06/mosey-on-down-to-mozy-for-hassle-free-backups.html