We’ve received word that a respected member of our tech community, James Kim (whom many of you may know as CNET’s senior editor of digital audio), and his family have gone missing. As we understand it, last weekend James, his wife Kati (above right), and his very young girls Penelope (left) and Sabine (baby), drove from their home in the SF Bay Are
Archive for November, 2006
Free Services for Your Cellphone
On November - 27 - 2006
Don’t pay your provider a cent more than you have to.
Happy Thanksgiving
On November - 19 - 2006
Just want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving.
-Brian
Bootleg Versions of Vista and Office 2007 Appear
On November - 17 - 2006
“Reports have surfaced that bootleg copies of Windows Vista and Office 2007 can be obtained from Web sites that offer not only the software itself, but also a working product key and a hack that circumvents Microsoft’s activation system.” But you guys already knew this.
Ace your next performance review
On November - 14 - 2006
Personal-finance blog Binary Dollar recognizes that it’s performance-review season and offers some good tips on landing a big fat raise.
Use numbers. Tell them you fixed 30 defects. Say that you saved the company approximately $30,000 dollars. Using numbers will give them the impression that you pay attention to detail. Plus, it will make it easier for your manager to double-check your facts. Managers like it when you make things easier for them.
Lots of good advice here, all of it compacted into six easily digestible tips. Let me try this out: “Gina, we’ve been getting record traffic ever since I came onboard. Two words: stock options.” Yeah, that’ll play.
Courtesy of lifehacker.com
Beginners’ guide to BitTorrent
On November - 5 - 2006
We blog about BitTorrent quite a bit here at the Lifehacker cave, and Brian’s BitTorrent Guide and FAQ is a nice addition.
Whether you’re a torrent guru or just starting to dip your toe into
the BitTorrent waters, this guide will most likely have something
useful for you. Examples:
- How does BitTorrent compare to other forms of file transfer?
- What happens if I cancel a download? How can I resume?
- How do I configure a web server for .torrent files?
Pretty useful for anyone who’s thinking of playing around with torrents.
Thanks to Lifehacker.com for this post.
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