WINTER IS APPROACHING Winter is fast approaching, and with it comes winter storms, some pack a punch, with snow, ice, even thunder snow. I was home during a winter storm back in February. The winds had ripped a branch down next to the house; it caught on the electrical wires and blew out the transformer. […]
It is the cold and flu season, and yes, you can get the flu from touching a keyboard, mouse, even a coffee cup. Being in my line of work, I see all too often the dangers of catching something contagious. I actually won’t work on a pc, without gloves if you smoke, for the tar […]
Don’t Forget Right now, would be good time to save something that you will surely never remember to. This is something that we take for granted that will just always be around when we need it the most. That something is your Documents, your resume, your addresses, contacts, even your favorites. To be honest, those […]
Instant Gratification We live in a world where technology has given us the power to have what we want almost instantaneously. Not having to wait for anything is the current trend, but in a not so distant time ago, having to wait 15 seconds for something to happen was very tolerable. Ten seconds was an […]
Living Analog in a Digital World I must admit, I have an uncontrollable affection for anything old, from computers to toasters, and anything in between. This desire to obtain old junk, started when I was a boy. My grandfather used to take me to swap meets, yard sales, what have you. I would watch him […]
In past articles I have always said that hackers consist of primarily out of work or disgruntled “Techies” usually booted from an employer, or collage, and they want justice, so in revenge, they go to work hacking the system that fired them. They usually make more hacking than they did doing “real” work in the […]