Zac Garrett

As I am sitting at McCarren airport waiting for a hour delayed flight when I find this little gem.

The Onion is simply ingenious with some of the stuff they create.

It has been nearly a month since my first encounter with Media Temple and it is time to look back at their service. Can this hosting actually be good enough to look over the initial reaction? Continue Reading »

While listening to Windows Weekly a while back I heard about a neat web site that tracks what software you use and for how long called Wakoopa. You install a tiny piece of software and it tracks quite a bit of information about your software habits.

The only thing that kind of bugs me about this service is the privacy in it. They have complete control over all of the applications I use. In my opinion the benefits out weigh these concerns. Each person should think about these risks before installing any sort of software of this sort.

The list of my top ten used software is not surprising to me. This list pretty much sums up my daily usage of software. I’ve switched away from iTunes due to it being bloated. Other than that the list is very accurate in my software usage today.

After nearly twenty-four hours of playing in Photoshop and then in CSS I’ve got a new theme uploaded. As you’ve probably noticed it is much lighter in color than the site has ever been. The reason for this is due to me getting a 24 inch screen with a massive resolution. I found that light text on a dark background is very difficult to read on a really good monitor.

Let me know what you think about the new color scheme.

Thanks to Dan for helping resolve some last minute things and making the site look much better.

Something that is always humorous with technology is warranties. It seems that technology loves to break down within a month after a warranty is up. If you buy an extended warranty the product will inevitably last until that is over and then break. Is this a real fact or something that just always seems like a coincidence? Continue Reading »

Does anyone still use Yahoo as a search engine? Whenever I get the urge to use yahoo for some reason I stop after only a few searches. The reason for this is their horrible results. When I use a search engine today I am looking for an answer to a question and I want it now. With yahoo the result I actually want sometimes is a few pages deep. This is unacceptable today. Continue Reading »

Comments have been enabled for all posts up to 30 days old. To post a URL in the comment you will need to use bbcode, just like most forums. This is to protect the site from spambots. On the plus side I do not use nofollow. All links posted on the site will be followed by spiders.

If anyone has an idea for the site I would love to hear about it.

For the past five years I have recommended Dell products to everyone I know as it was the one brand I could always believe in. Today I can no longer do this; the products have gone downhill so much that I will not stake my name on the Dell name. The final straw came today while working on one of my coworkers laptops where the battery has died for a second time in a year and a half. Continue Reading »

Someone talking about copyright sounds boring right? Well, this is the first talk I have seen on the subject that is quite interesting. Larry Lessig explains whats wrong with copyright at TED.

Update: It should be noted that this site is now running on Wordpress. The very latest version of WP fixes most of my problems and with the plugins available it suits my needs better.

I’ve been running this site for nearly a year now and I have learned a ton. I started out by using Wordpress as I had no idea what else to use. I quickly learned that the software left me with a lot to be desired and I was on the search for something better. After hearing a tip by the creator of PHP, Rasmus Lerdorf, I found Serendipity (S9Y). This script was exactly what I was looking for, even though I didn’t know it at the time. Continue Reading »