Technology… It’s Happened to Me … GoogleUpdate.exe DOES Come Back to Life 4 Sep 2008 Last night, I posted that I was able to kill GoogleUpdate.exe in the Task Manager, and that I turned it off in msconfig.exe to keep it from loading at startup. …
Law… Well, C’mon Now… Look at Other Types of “Facts.” 3 Sep 2008 Not that this is a particularly surprising result, but the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals isn't too fond of using Wikipedia as proof. Essentially, the panel quoted large chunks of…
Law… GoogleUpdate.exe, Chrome, and the Cloud 3 Sep 2008 After noticing that I had been getting a lot of traffic from people looking for GoogleUpdate.exe, I decided to go hunting for what all the fuss was about. From what…
Gizmos… Testing a Little Mobile Blogging 2 Sep 2008 Not sure if this is really something that people ought to do, but I'm testing it nonetheless. Mobile blogging. I suppose I can see the utility. And it could make…
Software… Couple of Other Interesting Chrome Things 2 Sep 2008 Still more fiddling with Chrome. I have found that PDFs, while they load just fine within a Chrome tab, will crash if you try to select and copy text in…
Law… Gonzales Follow-Up 2 Sep 2008 The official report from Inspector General Fine has been posted to the Office of the Inspector General's Website (PDF). It contains little nuggets like: During the OIG's intial interview with…
Software… Yet More Chrome Testing 2 Sep 2008 Well, I did find something that Chrome does not do very well at all. At that is, play nice with Haloscan. A great deal of blogs use Haloscan for their…
Software… More Chrome Goodness 2 Sep 2008 I've done a little more testing of Chrome. So far, so very good. If the purpose behind Chrome is to get people to stop using IE, then I think it…
Law… “Mishandling” Classified Information 2 Sep 2008 According to the New York Times, the Washington Post, and others, former (thankfully) Attorney General Alberto Gonzales "kept classified material at his home and in an office safe." Inspector General…
Software… Google Chrome Browser 2 Sep 2008 I downloaded Google's new browser, Chrome about 15 or 20 minutes ago, and I'm using it right now to do this post. So far, so good. Indeed, based on my…