Looking for a way to extend the power of Google Apps I reviewed a bunch of in-the-cloud CRM apps recently. Easily the biggest shortcoming of Google Apps is the fact that it doesn't offer a shared contact database of any sort other than basic LDAP on your own domain. Sure, that helps - you can ea...
I originally posted this to the G+ app on the tablet, but have rewritten large parts of it here.
I was reading an article linked below on the tablet when I clicked a little "sharing" icon in my browser which passed the link to another application (G+). According to a recent ruling, you won't be ab...
As far as I can tell from some quick research, there are still no true Mac viruses, a friend's recent comment that there is a virus that can be installed on a Mac without user intervention does not appear to be correct. While the software in question can run automatically, if a certain option is en...
update 2024 - this guy has continued to con folks since I posted this in 2011 including debunked claims that he could prove the CIA was conspiring against Sherrif Joe Arpaio (even Arpaio later described Montgomery's invesigation as "junk"), illegal surveillance of Trump and others by the feds, and...
Roleplaying used to be a bigger part of my life and I really miss it. There are a bunch of excuses I regularly use to explain away why I don't play that much anymore, but the main reason is pretty much what I've heard from a lot of other people - the gaming group I used to play with don't live ne...
The Vernor V. AutoDesk decision in Seattle just struck a major blow to consumers. Just as a spate of predatory lending in housing has probably ended the dream of home ownership in America and replaced it with perpetual rentership, this decision helps to remove a consumer's natural rights under the...
update Nov 22, 2024 - I have been using gramps for many years as an open source locally installed application to read Gedcom files. If you use Linux its probably in the standard repos. I'm on version 5.1.5-1 on my debian laptop.
Original story from 2010 follows:
The other night I was hav...
