Tag Archives: Technology

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Based on the premise that even a blind hog finds an acorn now and again, there may come a time where you come across a post that you like here. If that happens there is now a button down at the bottom of each post where you can give the post a +1 on Google. … Continue reading

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Gotta Have It

This may be a fun post to write. A little background: This computer is shared by two adults and three kids ages 6-13. There is a no drinks other than my coffee rule at the computer desk. The rule was violated some time ago — twice. One time the keyboard was the victim, the other … Continue reading

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Neutering The Net

If you want to look at a broad-brush example of what is hurting our country, today’s expected “Net Neutrality” regulations serve as a clear case in point. While we are suffering through bad economic policy and an out of touch administration, a real threat exists in the form of government “solutions” to non-existent, or, at … Continue reading

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Santa 2.0

Santa Claus has always been on the cutting edge and it’s no different in the age of the internet. Gone are the days of mailing letters and schlepping to the mall. Amy-Mae Elliott has posted 5 Ways to Connect With Santa on the Web at Mashable. Today’s kids have a wealth of online options for … Continue reading

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About Last Night

I posted about the move to 10pm right before bRight@Night was supposed to start last night. Then I clicked over to my host switchboard to start the show. It was then that I found out that Blog Talk Radio had switched from the old click to talk (for premium subscribers) to using Skype. Now, I … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Internet

The internet turns 40 today. At 2100, on 29 October 1969, engineers 400 miles apart at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and Stanford Research Institute (SRI) prepared to send data between the first nodes of what was then known as Arpanet. It got the name because it was commissioned by the US … Continue reading

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Restart, Restart, Restart

Six time since 5:30 this morning. That’s how many times the computer has, on it’s own, just restarted. It makes it very challenging to read, and especially write, anything. Tweet Sphere: Related Content

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Back (Sort of)

I tried using the computer we bought at a church yard sale. It has about 10% of the memory and ran at about 10% the speed of this one that still wants to restart on it’s own. The trade off is substantial. Until I can replace this one, or figure out why it wants to … Continue reading

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Hold On, 2.7 is coming

I’m impatient, and the weekend is here. WordPress issued 2.7 RC1 several days ago. The final release isn’t due out fo… Continue reading

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Twitme Test

I’ve just uploaded a new WordPress Plugin – Twitme. If it works as I think it should this post should be automaticall… Continue reading

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