Windows 10 is being discontinued. Microsoft is working hard to make sure your computer is now useless unless you subscribe to Windows 11. I got an email earlier this month warning me, yet again, that no updates would come after the (I think) October date. You could, however, purchase your own 3rd party security, which … Continue reading This is How They Do It
Category: Personal Tech
Aww….Hell no..
This hit my inbox: I noticed this pop up on my office laptop as I was working. A dopy copilot icon following my mouse to each paragraph. Fuck me. Now I need to start searching how to shut this shit off. I'm an adult. I know how to use the app. I know how to … Continue reading Aww….Hell no..
Delete Yer Apps!
I've been seeing a lot of security stuff on the interwebs these days. This one was funny. An elderly John Stossel discovering digital hygiene. https://youtu.be/jgoLkpc0PSo Interestingly, most of the apps she's talking about happen to be Google. Why, for the sake of all that is holy, are you using Chrome on your iPhone?Oh, it has … Continue reading Delete Yer Apps!
Alexa no longer works here
I've fired Alexa. I had high hopes. Bought all the cool intelligent home gadgets. But Herself didn't like Alexa and Alexa didn't like here. Wouldn't listen to her. And Alexa needed to stick her fingers in every smart home account to make them work. You see, Alexa can't do shit on her own. And you … Continue reading Alexa no longer works here
Shark Attack
More like a whiff. I bought a shark robit vac to keep up with the mess around here. It does a decent job. Dogs run in with wet paws, it dries, shark hoovers it up with dog hair then dumps it in it's dust bin that I empty maybe once a week. It starts it's … Continue reading Shark Attack
Done with Smart Watches
I'm done with my smart watch. For the longest time, I had an Apple Watch. There was a lot good about it. I liked getting textes that I could scan without pulling out my phone. I liked the maps app tapping my wrist, telling me when to turn, and I especially liked the 'find my … Continue reading Done with Smart Watches
A Barn Find
The product I support in my real job is OEM-d to two other manufacturers, and I create and maintain the training courses for them, as well as the original. For a modest fee, of course. Ever so often they ask for updates or changes. It's a living. A good one actually. So one of these … Continue reading A Barn Find
Defensive Driving?
How about no driving? or can't drive worth a damn? Eric Peters has a great article on "Defensive Driving". But it's really about the lost art of driving properly. This hit a nerve with me, since I spent the lions share of my career travelling around. I've driven 20K-30K miles in some years. I was … Continue reading Defensive Driving?
Apple Watch – Wrap
Back here, I reviewed an apple watch, series 1. Now that I have some time on it. I can elucidate on how it performs over time. Like those car reports where they drive the thing for a few years to say how it's been. What it's been is largely a waste of money. Let's start … Continue reading Apple Watch – Wrap
Victorinox Chef’s knife.
I worked out in the field doing real work for nearly 30 years and I've run into two different types of trades dudes in that time. There are the guys that buy the cheapest tools they possibly can, with the reasoning that somebody's going to steal them so why bother spending any kind of dough. … Continue reading Victorinox Chef’s knife.
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