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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Windows: Version Death?
Having so very many donated machines pass through my hands over the past decade, I have had a chance to install various Windows releases on a wide array of hardware. I’ve noticed something odd, though. Regardless of the condition of … Continue reading
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Craigslist and Crash
After two weeks of silence from my Craigslist post, I had forgotten it. While people who want Macs tend to be diligent about searching for available machines, I figured it was too old for anyone to care much. On the … Continue reading
Trail: Northern Exposure
Today I had the chance to work on the trail some more. After re-entering the largest wooded section, I moved almost straight east for a hundred yards or so to avoid a depression on my left (north side). I managed … Continue reading
Archives: Porn Is Not Harmless
Among the articles discussing the current round of attempts to place over the world a single governing entity I ran across a timely reminder of cultural degradation. This shows up as a tactic in various plans, including the communists, the … Continue reading
Economy Can’t Be Fixed
It’s the same conversation I keep having every other day, it seems. Someone asks what I believe to be the way to fix our ailing economy. They just aren’t ready to hear the facts: It can’t be fixed. We passed … Continue reading
Top Two Windows Text Editors
Over the years, whenever I ran some version of Windows, I was always hunting down new and better text editors. I’ve purchased a couple of the premium versions, but in the long run, it’s hard to beat these two: Cream … Continue reading
Economic Hysteria All Around
On the one side are voices from within our official government pretending all this economic trouble can be fixed. They are lying. Our economy won’t recover via the route they are taking. At the same time, they are allowing to … Continue reading
XP: Give Me Control
One of the virtues of Linux is total user control, at least in most situations. If you want to delete a critical file, by all means delete it. Linux will allow it. Just remember it probably won’t restart if you … Continue reading
Stuff I Miss on XP
While playing with XP on my system, I’ve picked up the usual Open Source stuff most people know about: Firefox, Thunderbird, Open Office, etc. I’ve tried to find a few other things, but it seems some are just not available. … Continue reading
Our Situation Summarized
It’s not hard to find someone capable of saying it better than I. I would like to offer for your attention Our Collapsing Economy by Paul Craig Roberts. A scary scenario? Yes. Overdrawn? Perhaps, but perhaps not. The United States … Continue reading