Featured Links
April 30, 2001

Featured link of the week: Things to Say When You're Losing a Technical Argument

Of course, I have never lost -- or been in danger of losing -- a technical argument, so this link is not really of much practical use. But it is very funny, though you have to know a lot about computers to get all the jokes. (I myself had to consult the Webopaedia to figure out some of them.) 

Other computer technology links of note:

• Ask the Computer Guy - The Washington Post runs a weekly computer advice column. The information it conveys is very basic -- it's geared toward people who would not understand any of the jokes in Things to Say When You're Losing a Technical Argument -- but the author, John Gilroy, has a entertaining style and is quite good at explaining technical issues to novices.
• The PC Webopaedia - I am a computer professional, but I'm largely self-taught and there are a lot of things I don't know very much about. I've found the Webopedia invaluable when I need to bone up on something quickly so I can bullshit a client into thinking I know what I'm talking about.
• LangaList - Fred Langa is a former editor of Byte Magazine who publishes a twice-weekly e-mail newsletter covering a variety of technical issues. It's a rare week when I don't find at least one useful tidbit in the newsletter, and I recommend it to anyone with more than a casual interest in computers.

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