Tales From The Ansbach Area
It’s about time that I get back into the swing of things. I’ve been away for far too long. It wasn’t about lack of interest, but getting things back to normal after last years fiasco. I’m feeling pretty good now, and raring to go. I need to do a lot of updating to this machine [...]
I’ve often said that by using linux at home, I didn’t have to worry about the dreaded virus/malware attacks. I have also grown to know that there isn’t a lot that I can’t do. It sometimes takes a bit longer, but eventually I get what I want. Yesterday, I got a webcam for this computer. [...]
I bought the upgrade to Snow Leopard for Jane’s iMac a couple of weeks ago. Before it arrived I started reading little things that might happen, and that perhaps I should wait for the first update to fix some of the problems. So I waited. Mainly because of everything I’d heard about problems with HP [...]
I was listening to NPR’s Morning Edition today, and the last story had me in stitches. It seems that the internet speeds in South Africa aren’t that good. One company proved it by strapping a memory card to a homing pigeon’s let. When it arrived at it’s destination, only 4% of the file had come [...]
That computer I built finally arrived at my son’s house. It took an extra day, but for the most part it arrived in good shape. After it arrived, he did take pictures of the box just in case, as I guess there was some damage to the box. But the rest of it was there. [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from one of my sons asking for old computer parts so that he could upgrade the computer he’s using right now. I guess it just wasn’t fast enough for the new games. I looked around the house to see what I had and I just didn’t [...]
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