Okay, I’ve been using Windows Vista on a few of my computers for the last few months, and I have to say, it’s growing on me.

The first thing that grabs any hardcore user of PCs is the file manager and the changes there.  Vista adds several features that should have been there in XP.  For instance, the “burn” button.  This allows you to select something and press this button to put it on a CD-R(W).  Of course, all this really does is copy it to the CD drive’s temporary folder for burning.  It’s nothing more than an easier way to …

Okay, so I’ve been catching up on Lost.  I was about a full season or more behind but am now, thanks to an iTunes season pass, only about 4 or 5 weeks behind.  Is it just me, or is this entire show about “daddy issues?”

It seems that just about every one of the castaways from Oceanic Flight 815 are in the midst of serious daddy issues.  A few are the victims of maternal conflicts, but it just seems like an inordinate number of the characters are having serious problems with their fathers.  Let’s look at the list.

John Locke most of …

With all technology getting smaller and smaller, it should seem obvious that everything should fit in the palm of our hands.  But that just isn’t a reality just yet.

Cellphones are getting smaller and more powerful, but yet most of the more powerful ones are still larger than ideal.  The chief factors for this are that certain elements of our tech interaction simply cannot be miniaturized without loss of true usefulness.  At least not yet.

Take my cellphone (please).  It’s a T-Mobile MDA, which is a Windows Mobile Smartphone.  Basically, it’s a PocketPC with phone functionality.  I love it because it allows …