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Do You Remember Email Blackout Periods?
ExperienceTechnology

Do You Remember Email Blackout Periods?

It is rather amazing to be old enough to remember corporate mandated email blackout times. Yes younglings, there was a time when corporations would deliberately shut down their email servers for several hours during the day. Some would take them down, at least for internal access, two hours in the…
Roland HughesJanuary 20, 2017January 28, 2024
ExperienceTechnology

Getting Rid of Satellite or Cable TV

There has been quite a bit of talk around the country about cutting the ties with satellite and cable TV providers. No wonder. With “average” cable bills around $100/month many people are beginning to ask just how much they are willing to spend to be a couch potato. Many people…
Roland HughesJanuary 20, 2017October 9, 2017
Remember When Maytag Used to Build Products Worth Buying?
ExperienceThank You Sir May I Have Another

Remember When Maytag Used to Build Products Worth Buying?

The sad part about being long in the tooth is being able to remember when companies actually made things worth buying. Not the new world order with incompetent Keller MBAs engaged in a death spiral race to the bottom, but when management and products had integrity. Today they pretty much…
Roland HughesJanuary 17, 2017October 9, 2017
ExperienceThank You Sir May I Have Another

When Does a Yuppie Become an Ouppie?

This question entered my mind while exchanging email with a couple of friends an one mentioned “Yuppies in snow shoes” and another responded “I was one of those Yuppies in show shoes.” This triggered a dangerous thought process in my mind. At what age do you officially move from Yuppie…
Roland HughesJanuary 16, 2017October 8, 2017
ExperienceTechnology

Getting the Doro 626 to Work With Linux

Those of you who read my other blog as well as this one know I’ve been burning through Linux distros looking for one which both works with my Doro 626 phone and supports an NVIDIA driver version BOINC likes. Preferably a flavor of KDE desktop as well. This doesn’t sound…
Roland HughesJanuary 16, 2017October 8, 2017
Have You Hugged Your GMO Wolf Today?
ExperienceTechnology

Have You Hugged Your GMO Wolf Today?

Humans have been modifying biological entities since they first started to raise crops and tend animals. If you doubt that simply look down and pet your four legged best friend. Yes, via trial and error man selectively bred wolf until he got the dog he wanted. He genetically modified the…
Roland HughesJanuary 15, 2017October 7, 2017
Be Thankful for Your Obscurity
ExperienceStoriesTechnology

Be Thankful for Your Obscurity

Featured image by Andrew Martin from Pixabay Admittedly “Be Thankful for Your Obscurity” might be a bit confusing, not because of the writing, but because of the timing. I’m writing it Thanksgiving weekend 2016 but it will not appear on the blog until after the New Year. Another thing which…
Roland HughesJanuary 15, 2017February 10, 2021

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