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Top 5 Ways to Develop LSL Scripts for Second Life


So you have registered with Second Life and read some tutorials on Linden Scripting (I recommend the “Tutorial” and “Kan-ed: Using Linden Script Language” to start with). Now, you need to get the tools of the trade to get your LSL code going! There is a lengthy list of possible LSL editors, but here are [...]

Hidden Process Download for Windows (Cyber Cafe)


Suppose you’re in a foreign land and the only internet you have is a cyber cafe that considers 5 kb/sec as “broadband”. Obviously, downloading your 600 MB CD Image file is going to take you longer than a good sitting, so you need a plan. To further complicate the problem, these computers have no cd [...]

20 Days Without a PC


After reading an article about a PC World writer who goes without a PC for twenty days, I was inspired to try it out for myself. The question is…how?
Unlike the writer, I am not doing this for a good story but rather for my own benefit. I spend countless hours in front of a computer. [...]

Forbes Ranks Cleveland as the 24th most wired city in US


It is no surprise to me that Cleveland only ranked the 24th most wired city in the US according to Forbes.
Having lived outside the digital haven of Case Western Reserve University last semester, I realized the prohibitive cost of purchasing broadband internet. We’re talking $35+ a month for your basic run of the mill broadband [...]

Problems with Hauppauge PVR-500MCE with Windows Media Center Edition 2005


I have spent the better part of this last month wrestling with technical support and a slew of forums trying to get my Hauppauge PVR-500MCE tv tuner to work in Windows Media Center 2005.
At first, the card that I purchased from NewEgg had experienced poor reception quality in the lower chanels (mostly 2-8). I noticed [...]