Author Archives: Kip

First, in random news, I have reconnected the alternate Kip Lange (I wonder if he has a goatee) with his friends in Germany, so I feel good about that. Now onto more important stuff. NS and I have registered two … Continue reading →

I recently received a comment that I’m not posting because it contains the sender’s email. They’re looking for a different Kip Lange than me. If you are the other Kip Lange (scary, there’s more than one of us), then I … Continue reading →

I thought it would never happen. I thought we’d actually have to spend time paying even an iota of attention on Landis and the Tour de France, or, worse, on soccer, which is simply, absolutely, the bottom rung of the … Continue reading →

Okay. Here’s something that’s kept my PS2 running for years. NOTE: IF YOU TAKE THE FOLLOWING STEPS TO CLEAN THE PS2 LASER, YOU WILL VOID THE WARRANTY Read the above carefully. Sometimes you can take the PS2 into the place … Continue reading →

Okay. I am sick and tired of reading in the newspapers that the “empowered bloggers” are actually helping to shift the political paradigm. What a load of shit. The closest that political bloggers came to having any influence on politics, … Continue reading →

Yes, you saw the title right. I’m just throwing this out there because I’ve been having to give my cat an antibiotic for a bit (he got in a tussle with something that bit him in the shoulder and gave … Continue reading →

A while ago, I posted some vague instructions on how to get rid of the awful malware “Trojan.Downloader.Small.CML”. In it, I suggested using Spyware Doctor because I thought it gave you a free month. It doesn’t. What it does do … Continue reading →

Since I posted about WinMX a while back, I ought to explain what it is. It is a large peer-to-peer file-sharing program. In September of 2005 it was served with a cease & desist order, backed by the RIAA. Fuckers. … Continue reading →

Ah, my bad. Remember me bitching slightly that Firefox came with a slightly annoying BBC-news “Latest Headlines” link? It’s actually a demonstration of something really keen which Firefox has integrated, namely, it can handle RSS feeds. Also know as “newsreader” … Continue reading →

Ahhh, here we go. Here’s the fix for the problem I described below, should any of you run into it. It’s probably your firewall — no, you weren’t dumb enough to leave it on. Check your control panel. Access the … Continue reading →