Kevin's comments

Scientology vs. South Park - Blog Entry

02 Apr 2006 12:17 PM

It strikes me as being extremely hypocritical to accept comedy that makes fun of other people's race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability, and everything else, only to get upset when something poking fun at your own belief system comes along.

It's actually kind of amusing for him to call it "Bigotry". I'd say that South Park, tasteless though it may be, isn't bigoted at all. They make fun of everything with equal fervor. Someone who freely insults other people's lifestyle choices, and then gets defensive when their own lifestyle choices come under fire is pretty much a textbook definition of a bigot.

Silence of The Lambs: Unrelenting Terror - Blog Entry

02 Apr 2006 12:07 PM

And he's such a NICE cannibal, too.

Windows power down options - Blog Entry

11 Mar 2006 10:58 PM

Generally speaking, idle computers use very little power; somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 watts or so, depending on the type of equipment that you have.

The only reason to leave computers on at night is to avoid the annoying, lengthy process of booting up and starting applications.

My recommendation has always been to use your system's hyberanation features. It's a good compromise.

Saving and printing text from Web pages - Blog Entry

11 Mar 2006 08:22 PM

I generally advise that everyone check to see if the page itself prints correctly without doing anything special.

All the articles here on Families.com fall into that category. Just print the page, and you'll get a nice clean version of what you were looking at.

The Incredible Marriage - Blog Entry

09 Mar 2006 06:29 AM

Disney has pretty much given all creative control over products to the pixar guys now. It's a good thing, too, because Disney hasn't actually created any good films in years. Buying pixar was pretty much the smartest thing that they've done since Mickey Mouse.

Software tips - Resizing and compressing pictures in Microsoft Picture Manager 2003 - Blog Entry

26 Feb 2006 09:39 PM

For thumbnail creation, all modern apps use the same compression algorithms (jpeg, gif, or png). You shouldn't see any quality difference if you're using the same algorithm with the same parameters.

Tags - Article

12 Feb 2006 11:51 PM

Everything is taggable that has the tag form at the bottom.

Which Antivirus software should I use? - Recommendations - Blog Entry

01 Feb 2006 07:29 AM

I've always been a fan of the Norton products, but I was kind of upset by their refusal to recognize Sony's "rootkit" as being malicious. McAfee acknowledged the problem immediately, but it took a lot of public pressure for Norton to do so. I worry that this might occur again in the future.

Fun Web-sites for Preschoolers - Blog Entry

26 Jan 2006 06:40 AM

It's amazing how many preschoolers are more comfortable with the internet than some adults.

Merry Christmas and Happy Decorating - Blog Entry

20 Jan 2006 10:14 AM

This reminds me of Christmas back home.