June, 2007

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Sneakernets, removable storage and hassle-free file transfer methods

One of WhatIs.com's faithful readers wrote in recently with a suggestion for a much-beloved IT sniglets...

I aced my SATs (and how you can, too)

OK, so I lied - I didn't ace my SAT exam.  However, if I grew up as part of the iPod Generation, it may have turned out differently.  The New York Times has an interesting article today about Kaplan Test Prep and...

Cloud computing: The “next big thing?”

In this line of work, I can't help but encounter an awful lot of IT buzzwords. I even write a newsletter dedicated to picking the latest and greatest of 'em. Thankfully, one of the guiding principles of WhatIs.com has always been to decode the tech jargon and spin and explain what something is, who...

Laying e-waste: The PC’s big cyber carbon footprint

Environmental responsibility can be a bit of a pain. For one thing, I'd love to buy a new computer but I'm having difficulty rationalizing it (and, let me tell you, I can rationalize with the best!), making it fit into the "sustainable practices" model. I'm still hearing that computers are, on the...

Lexiblographing: On the many flavors of blogging

In honor of International Weblog Day today, the Word of the Day from WhatIs.com is Pepys' diary. A weblog, put...

Google search field hacks

I'll admit it: I'm a frequent Googler. I Google from the office, when I need to research new terms for WhatIs. I Google from home, when I need information about events, people, tide charts or news. These days, I'm Googling from the car and train as well, enabled by the handheld attached to my belt...

Googlenopes, wiki watchees and chatological humor

Although I am, by and large, a sober and serious member of society, truth be told I have a real penchant for juvenile humor. That's why I love Gene Weingarten, who writes

FireGPG: Encrypt, decrypt, sign and verify your gmail

I've been using different online freemail ever since I left the comfort of my collegiate email account. Hotmail and Yahoo were the default options back in the mid-90s when I graduated and, for many years, despite the increasing spam, I stuck with them. When .Mac...

XP and Vista Run Commands – Cheatsheet

Today’s discovery?  Actually, it’s a RE-discovery. Run commands. Somewhere between Windows 3.1 and XP, I stopped using Run commands. I think I began to associate them with troubleshooting.

The help desk guy asked me to “click Start/then Run,” and a little shiver of fear...