February 15, 2015More Digital Desert
Think about it: You go to work for an online “newspaper,” which is really a blog. And then they pull the plug. What happens to the millions of words written, the documentation, the history, the feeling that the publication brought? It’s all flat-out gone forever.
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February 13, 2015Microsoft XenixThe other day I imagined myself working at Microsoft. No, it wasn’t a nightmare. My job was to produce an operating system for professional PC users and hobbyists. I was head of the revived Xenix division.
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February 12, 2015Bricking the Phone Works
After a year, statistics have proved that the phone-bricking feature greatly reduces the number of iPhone thefts. It works! So why did the manufacturers and cellular providers fight this move for so long?
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February 11, 2015And Now, This Unwanted Message
The evil geniuses at Samsung (with the emphasis on evil) have devised a way to slip a commercial into your streaming content video. This intrusion happens without any support from the streaming app. Yes, it’s pure evil, and it’s something Samsung needs to explain.
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Finding AdverbsI received an interesting request the other day: How can someone use Microsoft Word to locate all the adverbs in a document? I bet you’re thinking the same thing I’m thinking: What’s an adverb?
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February 9, 2015Office for AndroidThe other day I was delighted to find Microsoft Office apps in the Google Play Store. Being a Word maven, I obtained the Microsoft Word app for my tablet. It was free. That was the best part. Then the experience started to go downhill.
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February 6, 2015The Original IBM PC’s Storage Secret“Eight hundred dollars! Are you serious?” Yes, Radio Shack was serious. That was the cost of upgrading my TRS-80 Model III with a floppy disk drive. The upgrade also boosted system RAM from 16KB up to the maximum 48KB. But I wanted that disk drive!
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February 4, 2015Yes, That’s My Real EmailPutting my email in a book wasn’t an original idea. I credit Roger Parker with my inspiration.
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February 2, 2015A Look Around the Coffee Shop
It’s called Palermo. It’s my favorite coffee shop in Ventura, CA. In fact, I adore this place. |
