Category Archives: Geek

Ten years of Punaro.com

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Derek

June 11th marked the 10th anniversary of Punaro.com. In actuality, this site has existed since my freshman year at RIT in 1995. The web was brand new at that point, and my roommate geeks and I were competing to see … Continue reading →

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Firefox Personas

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Derek

Mozilla Labs recently released Personas – an extension which allows you to very quickly reskin your Firefox browser. You can create your own personas and upload them to their Gallery for everyone to download. It sounded simple enough to do, … Continue reading →

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Ford developing HAL 9000 nav system

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Derek

Yes, it’s true. According to Autoblog… In the near future, Ford vehicles may fire back a retort if you get cheesed off enough to yell at the car. According to the details of a patent filing, Ford is working on … Continue reading →

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BarCamp Buffalo

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Derek

Earlier this week I attended and presented at BarCamp Buffalo. You can see a couple quick glimpses of me presenting in this nicely done clip by WNYMedia.net. Watch Buffalo BarCamp  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com It was a fun … Continue reading →

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Best error message ever!

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Derek

While using National Fuel’s online account services I got this fabulous error message: Error ! The current browser is either too old or too modern (usind DOM document structure). Thanks, National Fuel. I’ll be sure to upgrade or downgrade my … Continue reading →

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Arbitrary website security and design

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Derek

Poorly designed websites, and arbitrary security policies peeve me. Why is it that my online banking sites never require me to change my password, but my healthcare reimbursement account site, on which I cannot do anything except look at what … Continue reading →

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Now on Facebook

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Derek

I decided to give the whole Facebook thing a whirl, and much to my surprise have found oodles of people that I’ve been out of touch with. Facebook is like one big reunion! Family members, high school classmates, RITers, random … Continue reading →

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Housekeeping

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Derek

Had a minor glitch with the blog that prevented some IE users from seeing some of the newly created pages, like Ariella’s Gift List. Turns out the .htaccess file needed a manual update. Let me know if you see anything … Continue reading →

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If only…

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Derek
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Of RSS and Twitter

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Derek

There are lots of great applications and technologies out there for us internet addicts to use as we read and blog. Generally these technologies are invented to fulfill a specific need, but then are frequently adapted by others to extend … Continue reading →

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