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Russian DollsSocietyTechnology

Zero Days – Pt. 2

Please read Part 1 first. Part of me wants to see if this documentary also covers the hard drive firmware virus. The geek in me wants to tip my hat to the people who created that thing because there is almost no way to purge that. Hard drives never used…
Roland HughesJuly 10, 2016September 6, 2017
PublishingSocietyTechnology

Zero Days Pt. 1

I was incredibly excited when I saw this report on PBS News Hour. Those who know me know that I’ve spent roughly 30 years working in IT. I got into software during the gold rush of the 80s. If you knew VAX BASIC or IBM COBOL you could work anywhere…
Roland HughesJuly 10, 2016September 6, 2017
Fiction

Challenge Your Beliefs – Pt. 2

Sometimes you need to challenge a major belief in your writing. Something you hold dear or sacred. This is as much for your personal exploration as to move your story along. These challenges are best framed in your first draft. Later, when re-reading and editing, you can either flesh them…
Roland HughesJuly 10, 2016September 6, 2017
Idiot Phones
SocietyTechnology

Idiot Phones

Marketing spin doctors try to call them “smart” phones, but they really are idiot phones. Just like a pair of fuzzy dice hanging from the rear view of a pickup truck is a pretty good Red Neck marker, one of these phones in the hand of someone is a pretty…
Roland HughesJuly 6, 2016January 5, 2025
Technology

Sucky Internet Speeds

Those of you living in major cities rarely have to deal with this topic. Typically you have some unlimited cable connection or near enough to unlimited when it has a limit of something like 150 Gig. The other 80% of the country has to deal with sucky Internet speeds, vicious…
Roland HughesJuly 1, 2016September 5, 2017
We Celebrate Independence Day – Not the 4th
StoriesThank You Sir May I Have Another

We Celebrate Independence Day – Not the 4th

Independence Day is what we celebrate, not “The Fourth of July.” This really sticks in my craw. Can’t help it. Perhaps I paid too much attention during history class, maybe I watched too much History Channel back when it was worth watching. It doesn’t matter. Every sale flyer polluting my…
Roland HughesJuly 1, 2016February 13, 2021
Why You’re Jeep’s Not Cold Pt. 2
StoriesTechnologyThank You Sir May I Have Another

Why You’re Jeep’s Not Cold Pt. 2

Technically this isn’t a part 2 as it is a follow on to It’s a Jeep thing, but, be that as it may we are calling it part 2 because it is part of the same journey. in that post you learned I picked up a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee…
Roland HughesJune 29, 2016September 4, 2017

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