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Category Archives: Soapbox
The Expert, helpful neighbor and friend
The problem was a project I built for my boys was no longer working. I put everything together just a few months back and one of the relays was now failing me. The actual problem was the switch no longer … Continue reading
Whose fault is it anyway
I guess I never really believed that a lot of the news organizations were being overtly “liberal” with an agenda. It seemed to me that any individual writer(s) may have a personal opinion and that is perhaps why he wrote the … Continue reading
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Smartphone maintence
Some things are really glamorous. New Shiny smart phones New Computers Fancy New Development methodologies Heck, just about anything that is not only new to you but brand new on the market is pretty cool. However, there can be things … Continue reading
Excessive tracking and yet probably ineffective
I was reading an article on Arstechnica about tracking inbound cars in without a warrent or individualized suspicion.[1] To me this seems a bit ridiculous and overbearing. I am rather curious what you need to be doing that both looks … Continue reading
Roses are red, forests are green …
“I was with the president of Finland and he said: ‘We have, much different, we are a forest nation.’ He called it a forest nation. And they spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things, and … Continue reading
More posts to love
Just in case you haven’t noticed it yet the Paranoid professor has doubled our staff. My youngest wanted to balance the computing and other world news with news of sport. We will still cover all the usual technical positions but … Continue reading
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Corruption
Nobody wants to be accused of having anything less than the most ethical and trustworthy government imaginable. Yet not every administration fulfills that laudable goal. It is usually pretty easy to look at the government through our personal perspective. However, … Continue reading
More control over personal privacy
I guess it has been years in the making. The new General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union. It is a law on data protection for the privacy of all individuals in the EU. Here is a small summary … Continue reading
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Is security a fallacy?
How many times have you heard or read that the best course of action is to keep your computer up to date with security patches. This is true for your computers operating systems, device drivers, computer BIOS, software applications including … Continue reading
don’t forget to periodically vote with your wallet
I don’t usually purchase any Windows software as I am a “Linux” guy. I guess it makes sense as most Windows software packages wouldn’t work on your distribution even with a lot of prayers and the most current version of … Continue reading
