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Unix Tools on Windows
I still had my old XP license, so I installed it on my spare hard drive. The reason I care at all is, as everyone knows, drivers. Linux drivers for some things are just great, but even HP can’t create … Continue reading
Naming and Shaming: Criminal Registrars
Not only do I lack the expertise, but I am not in a position to get it. But I deeply respect those who are willing to name names and shame the guilty in public. KnujOn (that’s “No Junk” backwards) is … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, government, internet, law
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Grab That Online Video: Mozilla
Folks, this is way out of date, more than seven years old. It doesn’t work like this any more. So you run across this instructional video on YouTube, and you would love to keep a copy, since pulling it down … Continue reading
Paranoid Computer Security
You’ve probably heard the old joke: The computer which is most secure from online threats is the one which isn’t online. Most of us use our computers for entirely too many things. If it really is all you have, that’s … Continue reading
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Outrigger: 7
Standing before the only truck bay door, the inset necessary to accommodate even the small trucks which could get in to the door sacrificed a good bit of dock floor space. Standing at the far end of warehouse, then, the … Continue reading
eComStation Actually Installs Now
No, it’s not perfect. However, my current testing indicates you will find a lot less trouble getting it to install. I had one small work-around issue which seems common on Dell laptops. Upon booting, you will get an error code: … Continue reading
Yes, OS/2 Still Lives
At the end of the 1980s, I was stationed in the Netherlands with the US Army. Before going there, I didn’t even know we had troops in that country. It was a plum assignment. My ostensible job was Military Policeman, … Continue reading
Outrigger: 4
Rounding a leg of the ridge-line, the switchback revealed a broad valley sweeping down to a much broader one. It was this latter which was their destination. The haze, smoke and dust hanging in the air could not fully obscure … Continue reading
Ubuntu Karmic and Your fonts.conf
I find it worthwhile to fight with fonts. Over the years I’ve learned a lot about how Linux handles fonts, and the only constant is change. Within Ubuntu, the developers keep making all these wonderful decisions, sometimes to counter to … Continue reading
Join the Diaspora
Where do you congregate to share with fellow misfits who never join in mainstream pastimes? Where do the non-joiners join up? Diaspora. You can’t join yet, actually. The founders are college students struggling with finals about this time of year, … Continue reading