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Archive for December, 2006

Darwin Award Recipient (almost)

Posted by Jordan on December 30th, 2006

I know you’re supposed to actually kill yourself to be eligible for the darwin award, so this kid barely lucked out. He almost had a shot at greatness. Oh well. Link courtesy digg.

Treo software roundup

Posted by Jordan on December 28th, 2006

Well, it’s that time of year again–or month, or week, or whatever–when I post my current list of treo software. Plus, I promised Anselor I’d give him a list to start from now that he’s joining the Palm smartphone world. This list is gonna be long though since I swapped out my 650 [...]

Winds of change

Posted by Jordan on December 23rd, 2006

I alluded to it previously, but I’m taking a bit more active role over at Network Computing.  I finally got my official title, “Technology Editor”.  It sounds a bit fancier than it is, though I am one of the main (or the main — I haven’t quite figured that out yet) security beat editors which [...]

On the Irony of Etymology and Geography

Posted by Jordan on December 20th, 2006

I was pondering the other day how ironic that it is that I’ve always hated the topic of geography. By name I ought to be fated to be a fanatical geography buff. Take the individual components of my name and their meaning:

Jordan - The river or country, take your pick
Kyle - From [...]

Reach exceeding your gasp?

Posted by Jordan on December 19th, 2006

In high school I had a particularly vicious (and wonderfully fun) English teacher named Ms. Yentz. She terrorized us and challenged us, and mostly we loved her right back in the same language. I don’t mean “love” sarcastically–once you wrap your head around “vicious”, “terrorize”, “challenge” and “love” in the same person, you [...]