Zac Garrett

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 »

In the search for an alternative for iTunes I came across Miro. This is not the first time I have came across this software, but it is the first time I’ve found it useful. Over a year ago I used this software when it was still called Democracy Player. At that point in time it was unstable and not worth the time. It is now much more stable and does a great job at managing online videos. Continue Reading »

Same routine, but live

Both of these videos are quite old, but are just as accurate today. The software might be different today, but we’ve all had those twelve o’clock flashers in the past.

You can find more videos by this guy at his site Dead Trolls. The site looks like its stuck in ‘98, the content is worth dealing with frames.

Leopard has been out for a few days now and I have to admit, I am quite disappointed. Of the 300 new features the only new thing I really see is eye candy. Let’s take a look at some of the major “new” features: automated backup, security, finder updates, GUI changes and miscellaneous new features. Continue Reading »

The more I use google’s services the more I find that they do not use SSL by default. As someone who knows how easy it is to eavesdrop on clear text I would love to see google encrypt everything with SSL by default. Most of their services will work with SSL, but you have to manually go to the right URL for it to work. Continue Reading »

An issue with lighttpd over apache is rewriting
URLs. Most web based scripts out there are designed for apache and
nothing else. If you want to run another web server then you have to
figure it out yourself, which can be a fun experience. Continue Reading »