Need something to wear on Halloween night when passing out candy to all the little ghouls and goblins? But, you don’t want to wear a costume? Then grab the Double Take Halloween T-shirt!  It features a terrific Halloween cartoon and it’s also a game! Trick-or-Treaters will see your Halloween spirit and maybe even try to […]

I was tuned into  the radio Saturday morning when I heard This story. Give it a read, then come back here when you’re finished. (Mark taps his foot and hums while his blog readers check out the above link.) Okay, glad you came back! Now, what’s my point?  Simple. With Linux, the operating system, drivers, […]

My seventh grade English teacher at Greenview Junior High was Mrs. Kosmerl.   She stressed two things.  Spelling and grammar.  Every Thursday, we were given a list of ten words which we were required to learn to spell.  On Friday, we were given a quiz on those words.  Mrs. Kosmerl would grade those quizzes and hand […]

I got a text message from my nephew Mike.  He saw the new film, “The Social Network” about Facebook and it’s founder Mark Zuckerberg. Ordinarily, I might simply wait for the DVD rather than run out to the theater to see it.  However,  Mike tells me, “Linux is mentioned a few times…Even some Unix commands […]

George Lucas recently announced that he’ll be converting all six Star Wars movies to 3D. The technology exists to allow filmmakers to take any film photographed in 2D and convert it to the new 3D process currently being showcased in movies theaters. This opens the possibility for many other classic movies to be converted to […]