The developers of the Firefox web browser figured out why people weren’t upgrading to their newest version. Their porn bookmarks kept popping up for all to see!  I’ve seen this happen to others when I’ve tried to help them with something on their computer.  Start typing in a url for something innocent and Firefox suggests some other sights they have visited before.  It’s very, uhhh…eye opening.  Of course I pretend I don’t see it pop up. (and then I check it out later…ya know…cuz Im curious…)

Here’s a tip. Use Private Browsing Mode (aka Porn Mode) in Firefox whenever you don’t want your “sensitive” links popping up on the big projector at work when you’re standing in front of all your coworkers. I’ve seen that happen too.  I never knew there was Star Trek porn until that day.

Years ago I bought a copy of Quake Arena for my PC.  I think I spent $49 on it.  I played it for a while, and then moved on to another game. Just like I always do.  Today I saw an article at MacWorld that made me say “WHAAAAAAAT?!?!”  If you don’t want to read it, basically it said that I can now play that same game through a web browser for free.

It’s called Quake Live, and it kicks ass. I expected it to be slow and not look very good. I was wrong.  This FREE web based version plays fast and looks better than the original CD-ROM based version did.  Technology has come a long way over the years.

While I ate lunch at work today, I spent 20 minutes playing. Ya know, just to make sure it was good before I told you about it. I hope you appreciate my sacrifice.

Go play on your Mac or PC here.

So a 28 year old American and 2 Russian accomplices have been arrested for compromising more than 130 million credit and debit card accounts.  The largest bust of it’s kind so far.  They did it by gaining access to store’s cash register systems through unsecured wireless networks.  It’s really quite simple, and that’s what scares me.

It’s also quite simple to prevent this kind of attack. My grandmother knows her way around a wireless router, so why can’t a business set up some WAP2 and a password to keep bad guys from getting my credit card info?  I’m just frustrated i guess.

I had my card forged once, and they spent $900 at truck stops and drive throughs throughout California.  Luckily my bank caught it, and I got my money back.  I just don’t want to go through the ordeal of someone emptying my bank account again.

I might go back to using cash only.

For more on this, check out this article.

…and will someday leave FaceBook.

Sometime soon, I will be killing my MySpace accounts.  I have 2, and I never check them. I don’t miss them, I have FaceBook. MySpace annoys me. It’s clunky, ugly, and what’s up with all the sparkling rose animated graphics?  I left myspace for a reason. I left because of all the stupid polls, stupid people, spam, porn, and sparkly roses.

Here’s my problem. People on FaceBook keep trying to get me to participate in all the stupid crap I hated about MySpace.  Do they not realize it’s just spam?  I wish my”friends” would just stop already.  I had no idea exactly how many times I’ve been bugged by a “Pass a drink” or “Come play Scrabble” request until  I was digging through my FaceBook settings the other day.  Take a look at the long list of FaceBook applications I’ve blocked so far.  And please….stop.

Really. Just stop.

Everyone is getting all freaked out by the Swine Flu. I’ll help spread the panic educate the public by sharing this nifty Google Map.

View H1N1 Swine Flu in a larger map

So I just moved into a new house.  Everything in it was updated recently, except the stove. So I got online to research like I would for any other purchase I’m considering. I only like to buy things once, so I tend to look for the best product in my price range.  As I was deciding which stove to buy, I realized that I could now add a new item to my “Geek List.”  Ya know, I’m a Beer Geek, Mac Geek, etc.  Yep. Now I’m a Stove Geek.

Dual fuel, convection, high BTU burners, oh yeah. This thing has it all. And, it’s just sexy looking! Yep. I have a sexy stove. Who knew there was such a thing…

You may (or may not) have noticed that I haven’t been on the air this week.  I’ve been busy moving my family out to Victor.  I wanted a few days to get my kids settled in and make everything comfortable and familiar for them.  The house is JUST starting to feel like we aren’t camping out somewhere, so I think it’s been worth it.

While I’m away, my buddy Ferris has been kind enough to fil in for me.  He likes doing it because it’s a chance for him to use my own show to poke fun at me.  He’s a dick. That’s why we get along so well. Evidently he thought it would be cute to start a faceBook group that somehow has something to do with me.  He calls it “Dem Jones Is My Homeboy.”  To my shock (and horror) people have actually joined it.  You can too if you wish. It’s right here.

TIme Warner shut off the previous owner’s cable today. That means I have no tv, and no internet. Soooo, I’d like to give a shout out to which ever one of my new neighbors has their WiFi wide open.  I’m sure they don’t even realize it’s unlocked. Lucky for them I’m a nice guy and I won’t go and rename all the tracks in their iTunes.  I’m sure they’d consider me their Homeboy for that.

I was sitting on my couch on a Monday night a few weeks ago. I was watching one of the few shows I actually make sure I catch every week, The Big Bang Theory.  The show opened with a scene of Sheldon doing laundry. He’s folding one of his famous t-shirts. Nothing special, right? WRONG!  It’s the way he’s folding his shirts that suddenly strikes me as pure genius.  He’s using some blue plastic device engineered specifically for the job.

As soon as I saw it, I said to myself “I NEEEEED ONE OF THOSE!!!”  Again, I only thought it.  Never told anyone. In fact I had forgotten about the gadget by the time I went to bed. Take a look at a quick clip of Sheldon using this fantastic piece of geek laundry goodness…

Awesome, right?

Fast forward a few weeks to my 36th Birthday.  I’m opening presents on my living room floor.  My mother in law handed me a flat, gift wrapped box.  I tear off the paper and disregard what it says on the outside, choosing to open the box and see what was inside.  I pull out the present and quickly realize that it’s the clothes-folding-thingy I saw on TV weeks before! It’s a FlipFOLD!

…and it works!!!

I asked my mother in law how she knew about FlipFOLD.  She says “I was watching Big Bang Theory and saw him using it. I thought of you RIGHT AWAY.”  All I could think was “Great….is it THAT obvious that I’m an anal retentive geek?”  Well, I am. So I guess I’ll just embrace it and enjoy my FlipFOLD.

If you aren’t convinced about how great this thing is, here’s the sales pitch…

Seriously. I can’t wait to do laundry now.  If you don’t share my excitement for folding shirts quickly and precisely, maybe you should employ this method instead…

Wow.

Never in my life have I been excited about a government website.

(Okay..maybe the CIA has some interesting stuff)

I just checked out the new Whitehouse.gov and I am in shock.

It’s actually COOL!!!

I have to chuckle at what happened today.  Many of us stopped what we were doing and watched our 44th President being sworn in.  More than I’ve ever witnessed personally.  In the past, you’d see the highlights on the 6 O’clock news.  Today, I sat with friends at work as we watched it on the wide screen HDTV.

At the same time I was streaming a page from CNN that was tied into Facebook. I also had a Twitter client open on my laptop as well.   I could watch the ceremony and see what many of my friends were thinking from around the country.  Oh, and my mom was texting me from her Blackberry as she watched from Canada. AND..my wife sent me pictures from her cell phone of the students at her school all watching on the big screen in the school auditorium.

We now have a President that has his own Facebook page and Twitter account.  It might seem trivial to you, but it matters.  We finally have a president that I feel connected to.  Literally and figuratively.  Some might say technology takes away from personal interaction. I disagree.