Derek Alfonso's Tech, Science, and Politics Blog

My name is Derek Alfonso, I am a Data Architect by day, the host of a popular radio show called The Power of Information on the America First Radio Network, and I'm an audio engineer and an accomplished producer of music videos and feature films, including Assistant Director, Composer, Steadicam Operation, Editing and Special Effects credits. Enjoy some of my Tech Tips that hopefully empower you to get the most from the technology you live and work with everyday.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Getting bloggers to say nice things about Microsoft

Companies are at odds, before it was just the media that they had to convince that this release or that release was the latest and greatest of an operating system, software or some specific hardware. Now it's tougher, the critics are the people, and now with the advent of blogging they have a voice, and the general public is listening. Even companies as large as Microsoft know that they have to convince the people that they are "good." Check this out.

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Friday, January 12, 2007

Our God is an awesome God

Okay, now if you're uptight then don't even click this link but if you play any online MMORPGs and perhaps like techno, all I can say is WTFOMGBBQSAUCEPWNNUBCAKESQQMORE! Thanks Micah, now you're famous on my blog.

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

So, is one really better? FM, AM, or XM

With satellite radio like XM now having commercials on some of its stations and FM always playing the same music over and over are services like Sirius actually worth it just because of the programming?

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

From Windows 3.0 to Vista

I honestly am not sure where this came from (*cough* Microsoft internal production) but I thought it'd be interesting for everyone to see what (or more accurately: when) they thought Vista would hit the market and how much its changed over time:

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Friday, January 05, 2007

Music Videos we (Digital Mind) worked on this past year



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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Bad Robber, Bad!

This is honestly one of the funniest videos I have ever seen. This guy attempts to rob a liquor store by entering via scaling a fence onto the roof. He falls through the ceiling tiles, shops the store, attempts to leave, and waits at the front door for the cops. Just watch it, you'll see.

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Bush Silences a Dangerous Witness

Like a blue-blood version of a Mob family with global reach, the Bushes have eliminated one more key witness to the important historical events that led the U.S. military into a bloody stalemate in Iraq and pushed the Middle East to the brink of calamity. Read more here.

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UFO Secrets could land hacker in Guantanamo Bay

A hacker from the United Kingdom has admitted to intruding into nearly 100 computer systems in the United States and is up for extradition. I honestly wonder what he found, especially if they are sending him off to Gitmo -- must have been good. Read more about it here.

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