http://chuckthegeek.com/blog Thoughts about life, technology, and anything else that seems like a good idea at the moment. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:41:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The fisher space space pen (www.spacepen.com) is a great pen. I've owned a few over the years. It is actually the pen designed for use by astronauts. Or rather, the ink was. It's in a gas-pressurized ink cartridge, and it's made of a thick ink like rubber cement that gets ... http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/07/fisher-space-pens/ I found this neat little article with some great suggestions: How to Save on Buying a Computer. I would also add a few more suggestions: Know, on paper, exactly what's good enough. If you don't need a flat screen, write that down. Do you need 1.75 terabytes of hard drive space? Probably not. ... http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/07/how-to-save-on-buying-a-computer/ Apparently, working at the main google office is akin to joining a nerd's paradise country club. Check this out. “We’ve been having it!” - Google http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/07/google-the-company-resistance-is-futile/ This may be the best secret I've shared on this site, because you can benefit from it in five minutes. I've used the free Spacemonger program for several years now, and it's usefulness is unparalleled. It does a simple thing: it graphically shows you how much of your disk is ... http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/07/see-where-your-disk-space-went-with-spacemonger/ Funny little blurb: Lisa Simpson on Happiness vs Intelligence  http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/07/happiness-vs-intelligence/ Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go on a camping trip.  After a good dinner, they retire for the night, and go to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend. "Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see." "I see millions and millions of ... http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/07/joke-sherlock/ Data access, for me, is all about getting access to the data I need, when I need it, wherever I need it, in a usable form. The major pieces of my strategy include universal email, PC, and file access, with data protection in place. I'll explain each piece of the ... http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/07/my-data-access-strategy/ So, I reviewed Activewords awhile back. It's very cool, easy, and powerful. Since Autohotkeys is free, however, and it does at least the vast majority of things that AW can, and many things AW can't, I thought I'd give it a thorough go a couple of months ago. Autohotkeys is a ... http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/07/autohotkeys/ ShmooCon: Less Moose than ever! (tags: security) DEFCON 16 - Real Time Social Networking for Ninjas (tags: security) http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/07/links-for-2008-07-11/ I'm a little OCD, I think. I've been re-engineering my file organization scheme forever. I wanted a data management system that would allow me to easily find the files I am looking for, when they're needed, and make it simpler to backup and sort my data. This takes the following ... http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/07/how-i-organize-my-pcs-files/