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It’s Going To Be A Good Year

A new iPhone and a new year… and WordPress for the iPhone (not to mention all the other great apps I’ve already downloaded).
I’m loving it.  Oh sure there are some things I’d like to see different, like being able to use a different email program other than Outlook or Outlook Express for contacts, calendars, etc… [...]

Gaming, Scotch & Bread

My best friend Barry (aka George) came down on Sunday for a few days of gaming and scotch drinking.  We enjoyed ourselves as we always do, despite some connectivity issues with our most recent game purchase, Red Alert 3 (you would think gaming companies would test this stuff a little more thoroughly).
Additionally, I asked Barry [...]

R.I.P. Netscape

Netscape is dead.
AOL, the company that bought Netscape back in 1999 for a ridiculous amount of cash (reports range from $4 billion to $10 billion) has announced that the once mighty browser will not be supported after February 1, 2008.
The remaining 4 users of Netscape will be devastated.
Netscape was the first commercially available browser back [...]