Saturday, January 27, 2007

Chiclet Keyboard

A keyboard with a small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys that look like pieces of chewing gum. (Chiclets is the brand name of a variety of chewing gum that resemble the keys of chiclet keyboards).

Body Shopper

A contractor in a Developing or Third World country who recruits local programmers and shops them around to software companies located especially in North America and Europe.

Monday, October 30, 2006

Steve Wozniak

Did you know that Steve Wozniak was working for Hewlett Packard when he invented the Apple computer?

Grok

Grok: Taken from Robert Heinlein's book 'Stranger in a Strange Land', the word literally meaning 'to drink' but taken to mean 'understanding' and is often used by programmers and other assorted geeks.

Friday, September 01, 2006

Drunk Mouse Syndrome

Drunk Mouse Syndrome, also known as Mouse on Drugs, refers to a malady exhibited by the mouse pointing device of some computers. The typical symptom is for the mouse cursor on the screen to move in random directions and not in sync with the motion of the actual mouse.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Cokebottle

Did you know that the term Cokebottle refers to any very unusual character, particularly one you cannot type because it isn't on your keyboard?

Internet Connectivity

Did you know that the United States, Canada, France, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, and Mexico were the first ten countries to have Internet connectivity?

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Sony PlayStation

Did you know that Sony's PlayStation began its life as a CD attachment for the Nintendo Super NES? When the two companies failed to agree on how the new device would sell, Sony decided to further develop it into a game machine of its own and released the PlayStation in 1995.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

TANSTAAFL

TANSTAAFL: "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch", often invoked when someone is balking at the prospect of using an unpleasantly heavyweight technique, or at the poor quality of some piece of software. Taken from Robert Heinlein's classic "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress".

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Gibson Security Research

On May 4, 2001 Gibson Security Research Corp. came under DDoS attack and taken off-line by a 13-year-old hacker, because he believed that Steve Gibson had called him a name and later went ahead with it because it was fun.