Posted by Michael Perlman on May 5th, 2008 in Computers
Microosft launched a program, called Windows Feedback Panel, several months ago. Participation in the program involved taking a survey or two, and installing an application on either Windows XP or Vista that monitors the software run on the machine, performance an stibility issues incurred, and the like. My having participated in the program for three […]
Posted by Michael Perlman on February 4th, 2008 in Computers, Windows Tips
Since I’m running the operating system considered second-class to a big minority (a.k.a. Windows XP), I am on the lookout for good webcam effects software. So far, I have come across two free equivalents to CamTwist for Windows, by the names of Super Webcam and ManyCam.
Unfortunately, I can’t recommend ManyCam at all. While I was […]
Posted by Michael Perlman on October 7th, 2007 in Computers
Chris Garrett wrote about the top ten online tools he finds most important; most of them being communications tools of some sort. In following his theme, I figured I would reveal my list, from a non-developer geek’s point of view:
Opera
Gmail
Google Reader (and all of the various feeds I subscribe to with it)
WordPress (makes managing a […]
Posted by Michael Perlman on March 29th, 2007 in Apple, Computers, Reviews
This summer, among many summers at camp, I will be officially working for the first time (unlike the fake work I did last summer that some of my friends may remember), which means I will come home with some cash (hopefully). Anyone who knows me also knows that I don’t hold on to money for […]
Posted by Michael Perlman on March 5th, 2007 in Apple, Computers, Reviews
This lovely vacation day of mine brought me to both my orthodontist, and then to the Apple store in Manhattan (three buses and two subway trains later). I saw the entrance to the store last night, and then decided to come here. I actually began posting this from one of the Macs at the store. […]
Posted by Michael Perlman on February 4th, 2007 in Annoyances, New Tech
Today I was doing a bunch of things with my brand-new SD card (which I use pretty much for my camera), namely transferring pictures to my computer and printing a photo.Stupidly, after I got all this done, I didn’t manage to get the card back in the camera’s slot, and now the card has gone […]
Posted by Michael Perlman on January 16th, 2007 in Computers, Internet, Quickies
Ilya Lichtenstein writes about his new method for generating hard-to-crack passwords. The method consists of inserting letters of one word between the letters of another word. Pretty novel algorithm if you ask me.
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Posted by Michael Perlman on January 9th, 2007 in Computers, Internet, New Tech, Reviews, Web 2.0
Ever since its young ages - way before Firefox was even a speck in someone’s mind - Opera was leading the pack with some of today’s most common features, like tabbed browsing and many more. Today, Opera is probably the leader of browsers in terms of power and sophistication: it includes an integrated mail client, […]