MySpace really irritates me. Sure, I’ll admit it, I do have a MySpace account; and I’ll even go as far as saying that I was fascinated by it at first just because of the amount of people who had a profile. I did the typical, “Oh my god! So-and-So! I haven’t seen him in ages!” thing. I was even known to post a “bulletin” or two. But the awesomeness quickly faded and I realized what a hack the site was. The problem is that not everyone sees it that way and that’s bad because people are getting the impression that MySpace is an excellent model for a “social network”.

Tags: design, myspace, social networking, vox

A mechanic gets, “what’s the rattle under the hood?”  A doctor gets, “my nose is running, ears hurt and I have a cough and it won’t go away.”  I get, “why is my computer running so slow.”

Here are the four most common answers I can give:

1. Spyware
2. Virus
3. Poor management
4. Outdated system

Tags: better browser, computers, fix it, spyware, virus

So, I had been excited about trying out the new release of Firefox, Bon Echo (as they’re calling it) but today was the first chance I had to install it. I was expecting a relatively simple install, typical of a Firefox update…and then it happened.

Tags: browser, firefox, firefox 2

As I was scanning the links over at Digg, I came across something that made me gasp. Leo Laporte apparently posted at TWiT that he wasn’t sure if TWiT’s netcast would continue after he comes back after a break. If you’re scratching your head about TWiT, or netcast, just know that it’s one of the best netcasts (podcasts for the late adopters) available. It hosts many of the personalities from the old TechTV crew. Meanwhile, someone has started a site to convince TWiT to stay alive.

Tags: leo laporte, netcast, TWiT