Sometimes I feel like I'm directing my own Pixar film with a computer version of 'Finding Nemo'. When you plug a USB drive in and get the message that the device can perform faster, it makes me feel trapped in an uncomfortable parent-child discipline conversation. Tell me that you don't see the connection. User plugs in a USB device Windows pops up: This device can perform … [Read more...]

There's just something about stick figures that makes a topic much easier to understand. The vulnerability in OpenSSL has been well covered this week. Many websites have patched their infrastructure and reissued their certificates. Now the fun comes to devices and other implementations that could include the bugged version of OpenSSL. You should also change your passwords to … [Read more...]

Today's XKCD comic may ring true for many people. When it comes to updates, even important ones, they just don't rank that high in the priority list. Alt text: I have a bunch of things open right now. I know I had a SSD brick on me after I failed to apply a firmware update. That was more because you had to burn the update to a CD (which I was out of blank CD-Rs) and boot to … [Read more...]

Doghouse Diaries made this clever observation in a recent comic. The comic uses the common anecdote of how to boil a frog and ties it to the frequent privacy policy updates of social networks. If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will of course frantically try to clamber out. But if you place it gently in a pot of tepid water and turn the heat on low, it will float … [Read more...]

The brilliant Deathbulge webcomic came up with this comic about all of those wireless accessories for your computer like a wireless mouse, wireless keyboard, and so on. This is precisely the reason why all of my accessories are still wired. (Credit: Deathbulge) … [Read more...]