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photo credit: rahady The first time I used a word processor was in the late 1980′s (or early 1990′s). Back then, WordStar was the most popular option, at least to my knowledge. I was fortunate enough to experience something that I think was better, though. The IBM compatible I used at work came preloaded with [...]

A couple days back, I bought the kids a copy of Plants vs Zombies, upon the urging of their uncle. I’ve heard about the game and how addicting it could be. And the kids have started having a fascination with zombies, as they’ve recently discovered the late Michael Jackson and his Thriller buddies. The damage? [...]

I’ve never smoked in my life. I’ve never tried drugs. I don’t drink alcohol except on certain occasions, such as when I’m eating steak that just has to be washed down with red wine, or when pizza calls for a cold beer. If you talk about addictions, I can say I’m addicted to 7 Up, [...]

My first netbook was an Asus Eee PC 701. And as with most netbooks that vintage, it came preloaded with Linux, particularly Xandros. While it wasn’t the best Linux distribution, it worked out of the box with the Eee PC. It was good enough for me, that is until I wanted more functionality out of [...]