Well, I never thought I would be doing it, but I just uninstalled Winrar Ultra Nag-Ware Edition from my machines. I have discovered a new tool, 7Zip, which does everything and more that Winrar does, but with more compression types (including rar) and newer ones (the 7Zip multi-part archive). 7Zip integrates very nicely with the Windows Explorer shell, and of course doesn't have the damn nag screen that opens three seconds after you open an archive. (Continued...) Read More »
Since learning that the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was being made into a movie early last year, I had been eagerly looking forward to this movie for some time. This past weekend, I took my six year old daughter with me to see it, where she promptly fell asleep. I have been an avid Douglas Adams fan since high school, having read the series several times from my original dog eared copy's of the novels, and then reread them in Audio format last year. I even got my coworker into the series last year I talked about it so damn much. Read More »