Just another day at the beach!
Humor
This will make you laugh!
Listen and Learn?
Not really humorous at all, but interesting nevertheless. This video clip sets an explanation of quantum physics to music. Maybe an innovative new learning method?
Give me a flying car
A few months back I was reading about Google’s experiment with a computer controlled self driving car. It had me thinking though about something I’ve wondered for a long time now: why don’t we already have this in the works? We have computer controlled traffic lights, …
Why do I need a tablet?
Today I want to discuss a controversial topic. I am both fascinated and appalled by the tablet craze going on right now. I don’t get it. Maybe I’m getting old and maybe I just don’t get technology, but when I look at the tablet scene …
Where is my Tricorder?
For the past month I have been floored with a sinus infection / cold / allergies / Heaven only knows what is going on. I’ve had lots of time to think, ponder, and squirrel away packets of food in case I get hungry while hacking …
New Year’s resolutions
New Year’s has come and gone. I’ve been thinking about resolutions. Along with the traditional resolutions: Spend less money than I make. Make more money than my wife can spend. Convince Donald Trump to adopt and/or hire me. Eat more spam. Try spam. Surf more …
Why is sending email so difficult?
I have discovered that email is becoming a huge issue for me. Not receiving it… I’m pretty good at that. I’m decent at replying too. You send me a message and (eventually) you will receive a response from me. No problem. But I have a …
Can’t live with it, can’t live without it…
The other day I found myself in a terrible spot. But before I describe this, let me give some background into why this was such a terrible spot. Despite my job (Computer System Administrator) and my lack of qualified and/or survival skills outside of my …
The personal computer is dead
In our last adventure, we explored the depths of my bad luck, the extent I went to to buy a substandard car, and I left you hanging with a burning desire to know more (Right? If I didn’t, I’m not doing my job correctly — …
If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all
If it weren’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have any luck at all. No, seriously. Murphy’s Law was designed with me in mind. If a stray bird is going to hit any car on the freeway, it will be mine. If the hotel was going …
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Things don’t smell right
My very first computer was a real beauty. It was, well, to use the technical term, a mechanical paperweight. This was back in the days when Windows 95, AOL, and the Internet as we know it was first being born. I had overclocked my computer …
I want a Droid
I want a Droid. That’s right, I said I want a Droid. I ignored the iPhone hype because it was an Apple product on AT&T. Since AT&T barely works on my front porch and not at all in my house, it was relatively simple to …