Category Archives: Technology

Retro Encabulator

Posted on September 4, 2006 by Mike

Rockwell Automation’s Retro Encabulator

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Duke Nukem 3D revisted

Posted on September 2, 2006 by Mike

Duke Nukem 3d a classic first person shooter game from 1996. I remember playing it up on the computer labs on Friday afternoons back when I was a lab aide. Multiplayer was IPX only, everyone had to start at the … Continue reading →

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Terminally Incoherent more like Terminally Incorrect

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Mike

Over at Terminally Incoherent Luke tries to stereotype users who use specific web browsers. At least for me none of findings work, at all. What Luke has to say about IE 6.0 You probably don’t know what a’browser’ is and … Continue reading →

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We Are The Web

Posted on August 8, 2006 by Mike

The fight for net neutrality. http://www.wearetheweb.org/ I am totally in favor of net neutrality. I already pay my ISP for internet access and also pay my webhost for this site. Why should I have to pay extra for my site … Continue reading →

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System Administrator Appreciation Day

Posted on July 27, 2006 by Mike

Friday July 28 is System Administrator Appreciation Day. This is the day you give thanks to your System Administrators. Give thanks for keeping the network up, for doing upgrades during your vacation and at night so your work is not … Continue reading →

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Actually made it 1 whole year.

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Mike

While I have had houseofmike.com for several years today is the 1 year anniversary of houseofmike running WordPress. At some point I got bored with the previous CMSs I ran, geeklog, xoops and whatever else I played with. I got … Continue reading →

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Animator vs. Animation

Posted on June 22, 2006 by Mike

Animator vs. Animation It took Alan Becker, 17 years old, 3 months to create this. Pretty cool.

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It’s time to toss out your antivirus software – My ass

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Mike

There’s been plenty of debate lately that maybe with the release of Windows Vista, we might be able to get away with not using antivirus on our computers. Well I’m about to make an even bolder assertion, that running antivirus … Continue reading →

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Texas Community College Bans MySpace.com

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Mike

Apr 23, 10:56 AM (ET) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – Del Mar College students now have to use computers outside the school’s system if they want to visit the popular Web site MySpace.com. The community college has blocked the site … Continue reading →

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NASA plans to crash into moon

Posted on April 20, 2006 by Mike

NASA plans to send a two-tonne probe crashing into a crater on the moon in hopes of discovering if it harbours water that could be used for manned missions, the US space agency said on Monday. The $US73 million ($NZ120 … Continue reading →

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