Bits and pieces that aren’t necessarily tech or computer related.
This week I decided to change gears and share something different. It has been a few years since I have given you my Top 10 Tech Gifts list. I used to do one of these each year. Since I have been shopping for birthdays and […]
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The old lady and the naughty cat, the burning gaming machine, and the angry masseuse. All in a day’s work for Marc the PC technician. The cat, the tablet and the mysterious virus A few weeks ago an elderly lady phoned me sounding more than
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Take a look back at what topics were trending in 2016. Top 10 List For the curious, I’ve compiled a list of the most-viewed articles published by Dave’s Computer Tips in the year 2016. I’ll start with number 11, and work my way up (down?)
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With only a couple of more weeks before Halloween here are my 5 top picks from YouTube for the best short horror videos. Descriptions are from YouTube. Click here for last year’s picks: My Top 5 Short Horror Picks From YouTube 1. Thingamajig A man
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Happy Labor Day from all of us at Dave’s Computer Tips! —
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Just because two of my articles related to AI (Artificial Intelligence) were about its failures with math (https://davescomputertips.com/artificial-intelligence-failed-a-math-test/ & https://davescomputertips.com/another-ai-math-flop/) doesn’t necessarily mean AI is a failure. What I will be describing here is one of the best uses of AI that I’ve seen so
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Warning – this post contains much ranting! Last Wednesday at 11.15 am, our Internet service unexpectedly went down and my immediate thought was that it was a glitch and it would probably come back in a few minutes. Five days later and we still have
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1. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon. Who was the second man to walk on the Moon? C) Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin During the early planning stages for the first lunar landing, Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) “Buzz” Aldrin expected to be
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According to the Daily Mail, a civil servant robot working at Gumi City Council in South Korea committed suicide and the locals are now mourning the loss. This is the first reported robot suicide. I will call him Robby. Robby was found unresponsive after what
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55th Anniversary Of Man Landing On The Moon On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced to a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American to the Moon and returning him safely to Earth before the end
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Itchy Boots Crashes In Tanzania In October 2022 I wrote about how globe-trotting motorcyclist, Itchy Boots – Noraly Schoenmaker – became a YouTube sensation. Since then, she has completed her tours of The Americas and South Africa and in February 2023, began her latest tour
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Titanic II Ten years ago, Clive Palmer, the Australian mining billionaire from Queensland, announced plans at The Ritz Hotel, London, to build an exact, to-scale replica of the doomed liner, RMS Titanic. Many observers, myself included, were aghast at this idea, saying that the
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“Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Memorial Day 2024 will occur on Monday, May 27. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years
Like many visitors to Dave’s Computer Tips, I came across the website in December 2013, looking for a solution to a PC problem. Well, I found what I was looking for and then posted in the DCT forum where I was noticed by Dave Hartsock,
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