If you own a Roomba, and also own an area rug that happens to have dark colors, you’ve probably run into an issue where your Roomba thinks the dark colors are actually perilous drop-off’s that will lead it to it’s doom. In other words – it won’t clean that rug, or will freak out and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Technology’
Please Inspect and Clean Roomba’s Cliff Sensors
Posted: 12th April 2010 by John in PersonalTags: 2010, Roomba, Technology
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Wherein PGP 10 has a bug, and a workaround exists
Posted: 22nd February 2010 by John in PersonalTags: 2010, PGP Corporation, Technology
As I write this, I realize that its usefulness to most of you who read my blog regularly is limited, at best. For that, I apologize. If you’re not someone interested in information security (and specifically, the technologies involved therein) you can safely skip this without missing anything you care about reading. Back in January, [...]
I have no great love for Microsoft. I can admit that some of their products are actually quite good, I generally despise the company itself. This is no great revelation – anybody who knows me already knew that. Some of my friends have heard me utter the words “I will never EVER buy an [...]
Secure Delete Automator Workflow
Posted: 7th December 2009 by John in PersonalTags: 10.6, Apple, Automator, Mac OS X, OS X 10.6, Secure Delete, Snow Leopard, Technology
What do you do when you’re finished with a document on your computer and need or want to get rid of it? For most people the answer is to delete the file. That is, after all, the most logical thing to do, right? What a lot of people fail to realize is that [...]
Who doesn’t love a six-day weekend?!
Posted: 2nd December 2009 by John in PersonalTags: 1password, 2009, Bento, Insinkerator, Technology
Unlike a lot of bloggers, I’m going to completely ignore the fact that last week was Thanskgiving here in the United States, a fact which seems to compel many to post about something they are thankful for. That’s not to say I’m not thankful for anything (I am, quite a few things actually), but [...]
