Author: Paul

Here is something interesting.  Apparently the final installment in the Star Wars franchise, "Revenge of the Sith" (due for release in May, I believe) was rendered on the beta version of the 64 bit version of Windows XP.  The Inquirer has reported as follows: MICROSOFT said that the famous upcoming Star Wars Episode III, Revenge…

I was chatting to G last night as we caught the tail end of Star Trek: Nemesis about the possibility of a further Star Trek movie given the cancellation of Enterprise and how bad Nemesis was.  It turns out there may well be a further Star Trek movie in 2007. Syfy Portal has reported that…

I just managed to install WordPress on Leo Archer‘s servers and I am really impressed with myself for following the directions and managing to do it right.  I initially had version 1.2 installed and have now upgraded to 1.5 and I really couldn’t have done it without the help of the fine contributors to the…

I mentioned this lovely lass some time ago.  I have just had the pleasure of a chat with her and I am pleased to inform you that aside from being a gorgeous woman (as appears, at least in part, from her blog), she comes across as a genuinely nice person. Imagine that!  Brains and beauty! …

What happens when Microsoft unveils the beta version of Internet Explorer 7 later this year?  If they are true to form, Microsoft’s engineers are going to incorporate many of the features that have propelled Firefox to over 26 million downloads since November 2004 and into the hearts of those seeking a quality alternative to Microsoft’s…

Om Malik has over a terabyte worth of data storage at home.  This is unusual now (especially given his setup) and it is only a matter of time until it is commonplace to have so much storage.  The broadband evolution and the availability of multimedia online will lead us inextricably to the point where our…

Joe Krauss has returned with a very interesting article titled "The long tail of software. Millions of Markets of Dozens" which takes a very interesting, if involved, look at the substantial segment of the Web using market that has been largely ignored by many online businesses who tend to focus on what Krauss calls the…

I have been the proud, if somewhat bemused, daddy of a little business called Leo Archer for a couple years now.  Leo Archer’s website hasn’t been terribly exciting since it went up a year or so ago.  I recently moved my hosting to Wizardworx, a terrific company running out of Johannesburg, and I have begun…