Author: Roland Hughes

Roland Hughes is the president of Logikal Solutions, a business applications consulting firm specializing in OpenVMS platforms and Qt on Linux. Hughes serves as a lead consultant with over two decades of experience using computers and operating systems. With a degree in Computer Information Systems, the author's experience is focused on systems across a variety of diverse industries including heavy equipment manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, stock exchanges, tax accounting, and hardware value-added resellers, to name a few. Working throughout these industries has strengthened the author's unique skill set and given him a broad perspective on the role and value of technology in industry.

Experience Technology

Eliminate Robo Calls by Choosing the Right Phone

They are the bane of human civilization. By now you have all had hundreds of them if you have a telephone which is ever turned on. Many services are out there trying to make a fast buck blocking various numbers for you. Almost all of the scammers are using some…

Roland HughesNovember 29, 2019November 29, 2019

Experience Finance

The Trump Recession Will be in full swing soon – Pt. 2

Question: How do you know you are gullible? Answer: If you believe anything on Fox News constitutes journalism then you are sharp as a butter knife and will believe anything. The National Enquirer has higher journalism standards than Fox. One fact checking investigation found 60% of Fox News statements to…

Roland HughesNovember 11, 2019

Experience Society

So Much for That Big Beautiful Wall!

Just a $100 at worth of commercially available cordless power tools and blades and you too can slice right through. We shouldn’t be surprised that a “builder” who brings things in under budget by not paying the workers built a worthless piece of shit. You have to be more than…

Roland HughesNovember 3, 2019

Experience Finance Society

The Trump Recession Will be in Full Swing Soon

There can be no doubt about it; the Trump Recession; #trumprecession is a freight train coming down the mountain without any brakes. The Trump Recession will be long, wide, deep and global unlike its predecessor, Jimmy Carter’s Russian Grain Embargo. We’ve seen this movie before and we know the plot…

Roland HughesOctober 22, 2019January 25, 2021

Experience Society Thank You Sir May I Have Another

Massacre Mitch Obstruction of Justice

Wow Massacre Mitch! Talk about a premeditated obstruction of justice! In his recent fundraising video #massacremitch vows to block the Trump impeachment. Wow! This is almost as bad as Crooked Hillary keeping the arch criminal Jamie Dimon out of prison for a $750,000 “speaking fee.” To the average Joe, this…

Roland HughesOctober 8, 2019January 26, 2021

Experience Thank You Sir May I Have Another

Don’t Tell Me it Was Firestone Again!

A Qantas flight had to turn back due to a tire which exploded after takeoff. For those of us of a certain age, this immediately brings back to mind the Ford/Firestone tire controversy. Most of you will be too young to remember the worst handled product failure in history, well,…

Roland HughesSeptember 30, 2019January 25, 2021

Stories

Her Brothers

This is another one of my orphans. Featured image by DarkmoonArt_de from Pixabay Ingrid had had just about enough of the snivelling she was hearing from her coworker. It wasn’t just that Ingrid had an old world name, she was old school. She had never been a beauty, nor had she ever…

Roland HughesSeptember 25, 2019January 26, 2021