Author Archives: DocDock

The Upgrade

Posted on March 4, 2021 by DocDock

A couple of years ago my wife bought a HP pavillion gaming notebook. It has an Intel I7 with 16 gigabytes of ram and a one terabyte hard drive. Despite having windows 10 as the operating system it has been … Continue reading →

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Voted off the island

Posted on February 22, 2021 by DocDock

I was frankly happy when the US presidential election was over. It was a long tiring process that took forever and once it was over it still wasn’t really over. Cries of “fake news” and “election fraud” were scary initially … Continue reading →

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Excessive shaming, cover your ass or follow the leader

Posted on February 12, 2021 by DocDock

Just recently we have seen a rather unprecedented suspension of use by a number of public platforms for President Trump, now ex-President Trump. Twitter Youtube Facebook Instagram Snapchat Reddit Twitch Liquid Web Shopify stripe paypal A lot of these were … Continue reading →

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Name brand recognition or coincidence

Posted on February 2, 2021 by DocDock

When you work or live outside of the USA you sometimes want to have a taste for the familiar. It is actually surprising just how many products that have a big footprint in the US have little or no market … Continue reading →

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The dirty business of politics in the 21st century

Posted on January 20, 2021 by DocDock

I don’t know how old you need to be to have heart the following saying. “damned if you do and damned if you don’t” Of course this phrase has the dictionary definition of an unwinnable situation. I have been watching … Continue reading →

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Covid 19 problems real or imagined

Posted on January 12, 2021 by DocDock

I received a email about death. I am not going to post the entire email but it was related to the death of a generally healthy doctor in Florida a few weeks after taking a covid 19 vaccine. The facts … Continue reading →

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The crux with drugs

Posted on December 21, 2020 by DocDock

In the intervening months I have actually read quite a few emails about trust. Rather than bore you with a complete list here is a few of the more common issues of trust. Don’t trust .. the media .. masks … Continue reading →

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No one complains about not getting a sunburn

Posted on November 21, 2020 by DocDock

If you have an email account you have probably received spam mail or a few jokes but lately the number of emails on healthcare and covid 19 have exploded. These emails range from informative to conspiratorial but there is one … Continue reading →

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PPE, Masks and Covid hands

Posted on November 15, 2020 by DocDock

I can only suppose that Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) was a think prior to Covid 19 but my head must have been somewhere else as I never heard of it. Well, I hear about it now. It is on the … Continue reading →

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The right to sue … pandemic style

Posted on November 4, 2020 by DocDock

At first blush you might think that this somehow relates to the USA – land of opportunity plus guns and lawyers. I actually couldn’t believe it when I heard it but apparently a local high school just recently lost a … Continue reading →

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