The More You Know

Everyone knows that pirates are awesome. The popularity of the recent Pirates of Caribbean movies staring Johnny Depp prove that fact. However, there is a juicy piece of pirate speech that everyone has said at one point in time, “Shiver me timbers.” It is usually said in shock and most people know the right situations to use it. However, the meaning of it is not always known or easily searchable.

There is one sight that I came across through an article on AllExperts.com. The article pointed to The Pirates Realm. They have little section title “Pirate Talk” which describes … Continue Reading

For corporate users, your company may or may not enforce a start page that you do not agree with. Be it company news or a slow loading flash application that makes your slow corporate laptop cry in pain. For some, just changing the start page in the IE properties dialogue is enough. However, for those who have it reset on them whenever they logon/startup, it is an annoyance.

There are many solutions to this problem. The most elegant using startup scripts that just set the value each time. Another would be to use FireFox, but too many companies do not even … Continue Reading

Its one of those string of words we just throw around. Honestly though, ask ten random people what it means and they can, if but roughly, tell you what the general concept is. On a remote chance asking the same ten random people where the saying comes from or what its literal backing is and one might know.

So, where did it come from? It turns out it was said by St. Jerome somewhere around 400 A.D. St. Jerome gave away his writings for free. When critics commented over the value of his writing he is quote to have said in … Continue Reading