Anonymity and morality – inversely related?

What I’ve noticed in the world today is an increase of a double life. I don’t necessarily mean some sort of hypocrisy, but many people who use the internet frequently have an alias. It might be their email address, or chat name. No longer does anyone have an email name like johnanderson@mail.com; [...]

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I’ll be gone for awhile…

and away from computers!  In a way, quite a relief!  I have early signs of carpal tunnel.  I’ll be back online perhaps sometime like second week of August.  Take care!
-the ungeek

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starting to get spam comments…

I’m starting to get some spam in my comments, but it’s good to know that the wordpress spam blocker tool is working well.  It caught all of them (yes, they were pretty obvious ones).  I hate spam!  But on the bright side, I guess this means my site is being noticed?

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Defrag your hard drive in Windows

Windows 2000 and XP (not sure about previous ones, maybe they do), have a built-in hard drive defraging tool. What does it mean to defragment your hard drive? Basically, over time, your hard drive gets cluttered. After deleting/installing files and/or programs, it can get a bit messy in how it stores [...]

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Take control of your Start Menu in Windows!

If you’re one of those people that like to try out new software, and download demos, freeware, etc, then your start menu might be pretty cluttered by now. Maybe you’re looking at 3 or 4 columns of programs when you click on Start > Programs.
I’ve seen people just being so inefficient, wasting time b/c [...]

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Tired of lies in politics? Read this site to find the facts! (and lies)

I found this site particularly useful during the 2004 election campaign.  I thought the site would die after the election was over, but it still does cover some stories, trying to filter through various lies to find the real truths.  It seems very impartial, and I highly recommend it!

www.factcheck.org

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