Entries from May 2006

Friday, May 19th, 2006

ecto time problem

I noticed that the postings I created in ecto yesterday had a date setting of “tomorrow” but just figured it was a clock error. When some of the posts started showing up twice, I realized something might be wrong.
I removed a couple of duplicates and figured out how to change the time setting for a […]

Monday, May 15th, 2006

Grand Theft Auto or High School Football?

Stephen Johnson’s commentary, Hillary vs. the Xbox, makes a number of good points about the benefits of playing video games (and one of the drawbacks — lack of exercise). Regarding the harmful effects of violent games, he points out the following:
I’d like to draw your attention to another game whose nonstop violence and hostility has […]

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

power surge knocks out Dell PC

A few days ago it was over 100 degrees and there was a very brief power glitch which caused 3 computers here to shut off. The two Macs restarted with no problem, but the Dell has been shutting off as it starts up over the past couple of days. It worked fine for about 5 […]