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Memories of Ginko Biloba
When you are 30-something and renting a room from an ex-girlfriend because her townhome is way closer to the client site than where you live and that ex is into the latest health trends you tend to adopt a few…
Was Your Android Device Compromised by Meltdown or Specter?
By now most of the known universe has heard about Meltdown and Specter. I’ve even written about these two having some kind of role to play in the upcoming Bitcoin (crypto currency in general) financial apocalypse. There are, of course,…
Do Kids Today Know This? The Can Opener
Yes, this post series, which will hopefully get additions from my fellow authors, is something of an homage to my “John Smith” book. It is knowledge we have noticed Millenials don’t seem to have and will be needed “in the…
Digital Photo Technology Sucks!
I cannot tell you how many times I have lost a digital photo. The media gets overwritten or a duplicate filename replaces it. Hell, when we were setting up this blog I had Greg send me a bunch of photos…
Do Kids Today Know This? What Was Magic About the 4 Mile Town
If you live out east where it is one large concrete jungle starting north of New York City heading south through its septic tank, New Jersey, it’s probably difficult for you to even comprehend having towns four miles apart. This…
Do Kids Today Know This? – Ballpoint Pens Didn’t Always Exist
From time to time I run into this old guy named Bill when I go to visit my father. We have random conversations and usually get back to the broad topic of all those things which exist today but were…
Do Kids Today Know This?
A couple of years ago, when I was stupid enough to still have HughesNet Gen 4, I had yet another service outage. At first I thought it was just my email which is currently provided by JustHost.com. Nope, I couldn’t…