Viva Australia!
Hey look, I’m not Australian, know little about the land Down Under, but I do know a bloke… In fact, we all know the bloke in question – our esteemed raconteur, a man of many wise words, and faithful friend – none other than our …
Off Topic
Bits and pieces that aren’t necessarily tech or computer related.
Do You Know Your Urban Slang?
Yesterday while watching a YouTube game review I scrolled down to the comments, which is always a futile exercise, only to discover that I didn’t recognise what I was reading. This could be down to my age now that I’m on the wrong side of …
How Argentina Won The World Cup
The football (soccer) World Cup in Qatar was controversial from the moment it was chosen to host the tournament back in 2010 with allegations of shady deals and later, human rights abuses. But I don’t think anyone can deny that the country put on a …
How ItchyBoots Became A YouTube Sensation
ItchyBoots, whose real name is Noraly Schoenmaker, is a Dutch motorcycle adventurer who has ridden more miles around the world than most of us will ever do, not to mention the years she has spent backpacking and working as a geologist. I first came across …
Happy Labor Day!
What is Labor Day? “Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States. …
The ALIEN Series – A Brief Critique
CONTAINS SPOILERS! ALIEN films by date released: Alien (1979) Aliens (1986) Alien 3 (1992) Alien Resurrection (1997) Alien vs. Predator (2004) Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) Prometheus (2012) Alien: Covenant (2017) ALIEN (1979) Some films stay with you forever and ALIEN, released in 1979, is …
Watch Two Stars Collide? Or Not
There was a prediction for two stars in a binary system to collide and form a massive explosion, a Red Nova. A star called KIC 9832227 in the constellation Cygnus located about 1,940 ± 30 light-years away. A YouTube channel called THEREALPAX has a live …
Trip Down Memory Lane (Oct 2002)
I recently came across a backup of my old web page from Oct 2002. I decided to share some highlights from back in 2002. First, I wrote about using an uncompressed drive. This was back in the Win 95, 98, 98SE, and later the ME …
Do We Glorify Swindlers?
Warning – contains spoilers! Bad Vegan Last night we finished watching the documentary, Bad Vegan, on Netflix and boy was I glad when it reached the end. I became so annoyed with the protagonist, Sarma Melngailis, for having fallen into the swindler’s trap that I …
Why Are Some Books Banned In US Schools?
Living up to my nom de plume, Mr. Off Topic, I couldn’t help but notice that some books are now banned in many US schools, so I ventured forth to discover which books were so vile as to deserve this treatment. The results of my …
How To Give With Bing
Why Microsoft Rewards Are Worth It? With Edge being my default browser and Bing my default search engine, I tend to get a lot of Award points added to my account. Originally named Bing Rewards, Microsoft renamed it to Microsoft Rewards to extend the rewards …
Facebook Approves Death Threats Against Russians
In a quite staggering act of double standards, Meta, the parent company of Facebook has apparently sent emails to Facebook’s moderators to allow posts from certain countries that call for the deaths of Russian soldiers, even going so far as allowing posts calling for the …
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Microsoft And Others Abandon Russia
Major Corporations Pulling Out Of Russia Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the list of corporations, both tech and otherwise, pulling out of Russia is growing by the day. Microsoft announced on Saturday, 5th March that it would stop selling products in Russia and that it …
DCT – Facebook Update – January 2022
I first highlighted this outrageous situation on 24th November 2021 in Facebook Bans Links To Dave’s Computer Tips and nearly two months later the censor hammer is still in place. Collectively we writers at DCT have submitted tickets to Facebook’s so-called help desk on numerous …