Problem is widespread as evidenced by 7 violent attacks in 7 Days at The Ohio State University campus
Often when the issue of safety on campus arises – typically due to news of a violent attack on or near campus like this one, the media and educators assert that they are shocked because “campus is supposed [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Campus Area Shooting After Man Stabs Officer
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Ohio’s 15th Congressional District Candidates and The Law
Saturday, October 18th, 2008It dawned on me today that I hadn’t checked the criminal records search for the candidates in the OH-15 Congressional race. I’m sure the Republicans and Democrats vetted their candidates to ensure that there are no felonies or anything really embarrassing, but it never hurts to check – and sometimes you can gain insight into [...]
Paul Krugman wins Nobel Economics Prize
Monday, October 13th, 2008Here’s a rundown of some commentary on the issue. I got a kick out of this article about Krugman’s commentary on energy markets back in 2001. Here his understanding of the effects on Zoning on housing bubbles is applauded.
Reason has a short piece on the story along with links to some of their favorite articles [...]
The Wonders of Cell Phone Tethering
Sunday, October 12th, 2008In my spare time I do a lot of volunteer work and one of the organizations I volunteer with holds it’s meetings in an office building that is as close as I’ve found to a WiFi dead zone. There are three wireless networks available and all of them are secured (two of them are 2-Wire [...]
“Stop Opening Chats! It’s Annoying!”
Thursday, October 9th, 2008A few weeks ago Microsoft (MS) released Windows Live Wave 3 to public Beta. It didn’t take long for a few of the people on my contact list to start complaining. Here’s how the conversation started this morning:
10/9/2008 8:55:04 AM Stop opening windows on my desktop!!
As it turns out, I [...]
Don’t Overlook Media Center Capabilities
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Sometime before Vista went RTM, I took advantage of a sale at a local retailer and picked up an ATI DV Wonder HDTV Tuner Card. It was supposedly one of the last tuner cards that didn’t support the “broadcast flag”. It’s been a while and I don’t remember the details, plus, it was a bit [...]
Installing ATI Remote Wonder Plus (Vista)
Sunday, October 5th, 2008This weekend I spent some time getting familiar with Windows Media Center. An ATI Remote Wonder Plus came with my tuner card, so I plugged it in.
Vista automatically installed the software and said the device was "”ready to use”, but the remote still wasn’t working, so the next day I looked into the issue and [...]