Category Archives: Soapbox

paranoid about printing

Posted on October 12, 2016 by DocDock

It seems that the venerable Hewlett Packard has been in the news recently about ink jet cartridges[arstechnia][forbesadvocate]. Allegedly HP changed their firmware to favor their own ink while preventing other ink cartridges from working. This apparently also includes refilled genuine … Continue reading →

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a reflection of current events – brexit

Posted on October 2, 2016 by DocDock

I was visiting a local high school when I learned that children can be so cruel.

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Never ever rush … software installation

Posted on September 30, 2016 by DocDock

I should have known better but how hard could the task really be?  Download some free or open source software from the internet, configure it, and presto I then have all of the tools necessary for my “homework” assignment. The … Continue reading →

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computer programs in the 21st century

Posted on September 16, 2016 by DocDock

The app I downloaded just doesn’t work.  I am missing a lot of the photos that I took. Great!  I am at home and it looks like work has somehow followed me. That great application that my wife was bragging … Continue reading →

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she said … he heard an office tale.

Posted on August 17, 2016 by DocDock

I want to give 50 euros a year to Microsoft until I die. I after taking a few minutes to parse the sentence I believe that it actually sounded more like. All of my friends are using Microsoft 360 and … Continue reading →

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blindsided by timezones

Posted on August 5, 2016 by DocDock

I recently got back from a holiday from another timezone.  It was a yearly pilgrimage to visit my parents in the Midwest.  The food was great, the weather was great, family was great but technology was on par with last … Continue reading →

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Big brother is watching (you buy underwear)

Posted on June 30, 2016 by DocDock

Edward Snowden raised the stakes of privacy in June 2013 when he released the scope of the internet and phone surveillance by American intelligence agencies.  We learned quite a bit about what types of data collections were being done. Phone records … Continue reading →

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Advertising versus reality (eating in the 21st century)

Posted on May 17, 2016 by DocDock

It was mothers day 2016 and so the entire family wanted to go out and celebrate with a fancy brunch. We packed up the whole family, make arrangements of when and where to meet and off we went.  We were … Continue reading →

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how much are your friends worth?

Posted on May 10, 2016 by DocDock

I sometimes wonder why exactly Google or Microsoft, or well their search engines are interested in my queries about cats, recipes or Java syntax interests.  I suppose the cookies that are left on my hard disk while shopping are interesting … Continue reading →

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Ex CEO has big plans for your tax money

Posted on April 19, 2016 by DocDock

It is a fairly perverse situation when a bunch of extremely wealthy business men ask the government to do things that they could do but are not willing to do so.  Well, in this case I am speaking about research … Continue reading →

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