The Wild Wordsmith

Recently at PosTrack, the company I work for, we made the switch to Windows 7 on many of our PCs. We also made the switch from using Siemens OptiClient for our VOIP phone system to CounterPath X-Lite for its ease-of-use, cross-platform clients, and price (FREE).
One of the missing bits of functionality we [...]

I waited.
I waited for three-and-a-half hours.
It was okay, though, for I had a wholly enjoyable book, some music, and some people to watch.
The place? Wicker Park, outside 6 Corners, inside my car, in the driver’s seat. (Prepositions. I like them.)
The wholly enjoyable book? Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams. [...]

On 16 October 2009, SparkFun Electronics, Inc. (http://www.sparkfun.com) received a cease-and-desist letter from computer giant SPARC International, Inc. They accused SparkFun of infringing on their copyright based on them selling “identical” product and the fact that part of their name happens to sound similar. They also demanded transfer of the sparkfun.com domain [...]

I hear/read complaints constantly/everywhere about how “crappy” Sony’s MDR V700 DJ headphones are. They break, apparently, quite easily. I guess I must be very lucky, or something…
Not that anyone is going to take stock in what I have to say, but I absolutely love my MDR-V700s. I’ve taken them literally everywhere with me. [...]

No, space aliens have nothing to do with this, although Google’s logo antics for the past few weeks might indicate something to that effect.
I’m no lawyer, and I’m not incredibly intimate with the rulings or dealings of the FCC (except the little sticker/engraving they make manufacturers put on every wireless device), but I hope this [...]

I normally would ignore this as another feeble attempt at corrupting our youth, but this game isn’t aimed at children the way several of PeTA’s previous marketing schemes were (in-your-face-your-mother-kills-cute-fluffy-aminals-style).
I’m actually quite amused by it. That is the reasoning behind me posting this wasteful slander on my blog. It’s not-so-wasteful. I really [...]

Chair practically owns this apple, and do you know why? Because purple and orange do not make good salad. I mean, what if marbles didn’t have cake? We would be watermelon, I tell you.
Furthermore, painted muffins don’t play chess, by any standard. The glottals stop harassing monkey ears daily. Absolutely [...]

“This problem” refers to, in this instance, a certain brand of computer that I have dearly loved since my introduction to them at the age of approximately seven years.
My mother was using her Apple 12″ G4 Titanium yesterday, when all of a sudden, the backlight just died. She freaked out, but just a little. [...]

No, this blog post is not about the famous waltz by Euphemia Allen. It is, in fact, about Gong Fu movies.
I saw Kung Fu Panda tonight. I was quite surprised (pleasantly, I might add) when they threw in a chopstick fight scene. It caught me totally off-guard. I have long been [...]