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The greatest advance in computer technology

Posted onAugust 7, 2019August 7, 2019

My three HP laptops I have serve as latter-day museum pieces of how technology has progressed. I am not trying to slag Hewlett-Packard. I like their printers, and despite their reputation, I also like their laptops. Today, I am mentioning Continue Reading

CategoriesComputers, ripoffs, softwareTagsfeature removal, HP Notebooks, Laptops, marketing

What is “universal” about USB?

Posted onMay 30, 2019June 16, 2019

I am one of those hopeless romantics who believe that words must mean something. “Universal” is quite a stong word when used, and its all-encompassing reach implies that it is good for … well, everything. As in the whole universe Continue Reading

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More junk science: the 90-day Accu-weather forecast

Posted onApril 19, 2016April 19, 2016

Weather forecasting is a black art at the best of times. You can look at the existing weather pattern today, then using probability models based on those weather patterns, forecast tomorrow’s weather. We all know that this only works sometimes Continue Reading

Categorieslife's happenings, ripoffsTagsAccuWeather, chaos theory, junk science, meteorology, the butterfly effect, Weather

Well, actually, it appears you *can* dual-boot into a machine running UEFI

Posted onDecember 23, 2013December 23, 2013

I initially purchased the Maximus Hero because it was priced at a bargain on a Black Friday sale. I heard of UEFI, of Microsoft’s meddling with the specs, and grumblings about how this “security feature”, like many of the “features” Continue Reading

CategoriesComputers, ripoffsTagsAsus, Asus Maximus, Asus Maximus VI Hero, BIOS, Microsoft, motherboards, UEFI

About the previous blog entry

Posted onMarch 30, 2013March 30, 2013

That entry the other day was somewhat in the form of a log. A blog entry that is a log. Imagine that. Earlier this week, I decided to document the rescuing of my TouchSmart TM2 laptop from oblivion. It has Continue Reading

CategoriesComputers, life's happenings, ripoffsTagsBSOD, HP Touchsmart, Microsoft, MS Windows, TouchSmart TM2, Windows, Windows 7

I refuse to let go of my palm pilot

Posted onOctober 18, 2012October 23, 2012

The technology of my Tungsten E2 is so…. 2005! Having a seven year-old PDA perhaps makes me a dinosaur in this age of Galaxy IIIs, but I have compelling reasons for sticking with it, and the one at the top Continue Reading

CategoriesComputers, life's happenings, ripoffsTagscases, Palm Pilot, PDA, PIM, Tungsten E2

Rewriting history: Margaret Thatcher

Posted onDecember 30, 2011December 30, 2011

Today, news about the release of “secret” documents relating to the Margaret Thatcher government circa 1981 have been making the rounds in the news, and a CBC webpage has made a report that would claim to rip the lid off Continue Reading

Categorieshistory, ripoffsTagsmargaret thatcher, meryl streep, neo-conservatism, rewriting history

Spammers R Us

Posted onNovember 28, 2011June 29, 2012

Here is the latest list of the desperation and silliness displayed by spammers to my inbox these days: Stop the Ageing Clock Raise Your Courage and Confidence in Public Andrea sent you an invitation to http://menstrualmigrainesurvey.mobi Fantastic Offer On A Continue Reading

CategoriesripoffsTagsblatant commercialism, commercialism, desperation, ripoffs, spam

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