A Peculiar Blog

Welcome back!Time was when the classic image of somebody bugging somebody electronically involved finding a Sam Spade wannabe in some hole in the wall office with little more than a filing cabinet or two, a bottle of scotch and a huge desk that served as a place to store a box of Dutch Master cigars, [...]

This laptop has the most infuriating behavior problem. Any clues how to repair it are welcome (note: replacing it is out of the question without substantial donations to finance said replacement)

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…Is a place to put it all!
After the recent fiasco with Avast! getting a bad update and swamping people with hundreds, or even thousands, of false positives I got to thinking that I got off pretty easy in that mess. I had allowed Avast to start a boot time scan and it was finding [...]

It’s that time of year again. With the arrival of September I figure it’s time to make sure that the old wishlist is up to date and in good working order since this means that Christmas is only a few short months away.
It also means that it’s time to put a hold on buying [...]

Recent news is that the FCC chairman, Julius Genachowski, informed Congress that the FCC intends to “keep the Internet free of increased user fees based on heavy Web
traffic and slow downloads.”
I seriously doubt the FCC’s ability to enforce much of anything but at least it’s a start. For example take a look back in [...]