Archives in Category: Technology

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Y2K Meets DST 2007

Posted on February 17, 2007

Remember the hue and cry over New Year’s Eve 1999, when government and corporations went to great lengths to make sure their computers could make the switch from 1999 to 2000 without crashing and burning? People everywhere spent hours and

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Deck of Cards

Posted on August 16, 2006

Today’s efforts to track down bargains rely on a deck of cards. However, it’s not the standard 52-card deck that you play canasta or gin or bridge with. Rather it’s an eclectic sort of credit cards that various merchants offer

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Time

Posted on August 11, 2006

Living in motel rooms for a week detaches you from time. Not the kind you check on your wristwatch, but the kind that pervades your home.

Think about this: Your microwave tells time so that it can be programmed

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Hiroshima Day

Posted on August 6, 2006

Today is Hiroshima Day, the sixty-first anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb in the world’s history. The United States holds the dubious distinction of having been the country that dropped it. And since then politicians, political scientists,

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Junk Email

Posted on August 1, 2006

I have a new email program — new to me, at least — that filters what it believes is junk. The so-called junk is sent to a file, which I can review later, after I’ve read and responded to my

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WD-40

Posted on July 31, 2006

Every now and then I get an email from a faithful reader with a suggestion for a blog topic. WD-40 is an example. Ken W. alerted me to the fact that this famous degreaser/oiler/cleanser/sparkler turned fifty this year; and, while

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Good Old Days

Posted on July 18, 2006

While our television and Internet connections were kaput for five days, Earl and I had a lot of time on our hands. Time that people spent doing other things before the dawn of 200 television channels and instant messaging. Before

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Comcastic? Not!

Posted on July 17, 2006

It may seem that my assessment of our local cable company is harsh, but I don’t think so. I’ve heard others echo the same sentiment, usually followed by a verbal “But what are you gonna do?” and a resigned shrug.

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Lost Connection

Posted on July 16, 2006

At approximately 3:30 PM on Wednesday, July 12, Earl and I lost both our Internet connection for the computers and our cable connection to the televisions in our home. At the time, it seemed like a momentary thing, some hiccup

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EOM

Posted on June 30, 2006

It’s EOM; that’s end of the month for the uninitiated. In addition it’s one half of the EOY, end of the year. Which means I am scurrying around trying to tie loose ends so that our half-year budget and profit

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