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The Secret to Installing and Running Oracle Virtualbox
Since I’ve been using a lot of VMs lately testing out LibreOffice bugs, and one of my fellow authors may well be using VMs sometime soon to try out Linux, it’s time to write this post. (Yes! He’s leaving the…
Why People Pay $400 for WordPerfect Professional
It is no secret that many years ago I used WordPerfect to write “Zinc It! Interfacing Third Party Libraries With Cross Platform GUIs” and the follow on book covering UIW_Table. What you may find interesting is that it was WordPerfect…
Lorem Ipsum Generator – How Cool is This?
Given all of the platforms I have to use in my geekly work, I tend to find a never ending list of bugs. True, most of the “support” people always want a production writer to “upgrade to the latest version”…
Non-zero Zero
As a geek I’m used to the concept of a non-zero zero. It happens when you are using floating point numbers. They can’t really store any number exactly, always just a close approximation. I’m less accustomed to it in the…
Trump Impeachment Trial Should be Held in Illinois
The Trump Impeachment Trial should be held in Illinois. We are really grate at putting politicians in prison. Besides, #MassacreMitch has already told the world he has rigged the trial for Trump to be set free instead of sent to…
Dry January Starts Today
Yeah, it sucks. No “hair of the dog.” No reason to be stupid and nothing to help you get to sleep each night after a long stress filled day, but, it’s good for you. . .sometimes. Be very careful which…
Review – A Star is Born
★★★★☆ If you were to tell me that I am the only one of my generation who didn’t see the original A Star is Born you would be close to correct. I say close because I know my brother…