Oct 18
For some reason, I thought the Windows 10 Fall Creator’s Update was already out. Perhaps it was because my laptop updated to it. Anyway, I downloaded the Windows 10 upgrade assistant tool. It took longer than expected but seem to finish without difficulty. However, I noticed two unexpected problems. First, my sound output default changed. …
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Sep 11
Jerry Pournelle is dead. He died recently in his sleep according to his son as posted on his website. I’d love to say I was a huge fan of his sci fi, but really, I think I’ve only read Lucifer’s Hammer. That was pretty much because I was a Larry Niven fan at the time. …
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Apr 07
I was having a weird problem with Windows 8.1 and Office 2013. I would get memory errors that would sometimes even crash the programs. It was hard to troubleshoot since it wasn’t easy to reproduce. Intermittent errors are always the worst. I could have lived with it if it wasn’t for the one place I …
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Jul 06
All of a sudden a few weeks ago, my email stopped sending. It wasn’t on all of my accounts or devices. I could receive email, but I couldn’t send it. Eventually I figured I could send from my phone and webmail for my email and gmail. So it had to be the way my local …
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May 17
Back when Amazon Prime first started, I liked it for convenient shipping. They’ve since added a lot to the Prime package. I was initially worried that the shipping combined with 1-click ordering would result in too many impulse purchases. In fact, I didn’t turn on 1-click for a while after I subscribed to Prime. It …
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Apr 04
Disney is closing Lucasarts studios. While I still can’t suppress a little smile when I see the Lucasarts logo at the start of a game, it’s been a long time since the glory days of the game makers. The first Lucasarts game I played was actually a Lucasfilm Games division effort called The Eidolon. It …
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Sep 05
I’m not a big Apple user. In fact, the new Ipad was my first Apple purchase for myself in years. More on that in a minute. First I’d like go over the resolution to a problem I had with the app store. Normally when you purchase an app in the store, you select buy and …
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Aug 07
Update: Apple has suspended phone password resets for the time being. Amazon and Google are emphasizing security in the same article. I guess words do matter. Original Post: I’ve had the site hacked a few times over the years. It’s always painful and frustrating. That’s part of the reason sections of the site are locked …
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Jan 03
It’s hard to believe how fast time has been moving. Just yesterday, I thought I’d get back to a game I’d been playing recently. When I went to start it up, Steam was happy to inform me it had last been played in September. I could have sworn it wasn’t more than a couple weeks. …
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