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Spotify Unwrapped 2019: My Top Ten List Is 260% Better Than Last Year
Spotify has launched its annual Spotify Wrapped website, where you can look back on your year of music listening, including your top artists and top songs. You’ll find a new playlist in the Spotify app with your most-played songs from 2019. It's the end of...
SATELLITE UPDATE
In the last chapter, our hero had sent a purchase order to Pegasus Communications for Express Plus two-way satellite service - business class, reasonably priced. This week,...
DOUGLAS ADAMS DIES
Douglas Adams passed away on Friday. He was 49. He was the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, and several other of the most wonderful books in the world. "So long,...
HOME NETWORKING
I'm convinced that home networking is going to be huge. The various wireless and phone line options to connect home computers and share an Internet connection are exciting. They...
OFFICE XP
I spent ten minutes today looking at Microsoft Office XP for the first time. Two things jumped out as features that might be worth the price of admission, if they work. I'll be...
CDR PRICES TO RISE
Stock up on blank CDRs! According to this article, a combination of circumstances is going to cause the price of blank CDRs to jump significantly in the next couple of months -...
HOMEPAGE VIRUS
There's another virus travelling around quickly this morning. It's similar to the Anna Kournikova "Love Bug" virus - annoying but it doesn't damage your computer. The "Homepage"...
DELL COMPUTERS
As other computer manufacturers fall by the wayside, Dell continues to stand out. They ship promptly, they don't make very many mistakes, and their customer support is as good as...
ORBITZ.COM
Five major airlines are working to bring Orbitz.com online next month as a one-stop source for airline reservations. Every other human being connected with the travel industry is...
EASY CD CREATOR 5 & WINDOWS 2000
Easy CD Creator is the software I use for burning CDs. It's got a reasonably simple interface and it does almost everything most people want to do with their burners. (Out at the...
WINDOWS XP PRODUCT ACTIVATION
Tech types are all atwitter over the "Product Activation" requirement that will be introduced with Windows XP. After you install a retail copy of Windows XP, you won't have...
MORE CHEAP COMPUTERS
Look, this is getting ridiculous. Costco has a few dozen E-Machines today with these specs: Celeron 633MHz processor, 64Mb RAM, 15 Gb HD, plus a DVD drive and the usual...
SATELLITE STORY, PART 5
My purchase order is in for Pegasus Express Plus service. The price has dropped a bit in the last two weeks. Startup costs are about $600 for hardware (including installation)...
CABLE INTERNET ACCESS
AT&T now owns most of the cable system in Sonoma County. They've amusingly named the cable division "AT&T Broadband," and cable Internet service has been rolled out to...
MICROSOFT & SMALL BUSINESSES
Microsoft has revamped its bCentral web site, a collection of services and resources for small businesses. One interesting example is the offer to design and host a web site from...
NEW ADOBE ACROBAT & QUICKTIME
I don't know whether these are compelling upgrades - haven't tried them, don't know about new features - but Adobe has released Acrobat Reader 5.0 and Apple finished work on...