Posts from September 2024

Department stores are where you buy things like cleaning supplies, clothes, laundry detergent and so on. It should never be a place where you buy prepared food. I first have to explain what "prepared food" actually is. It may sound obvious, but it actually isn't.

I own a bunch of Casio digital watches. Something I've always found amazing is the size of a Casio digital watch does not dictate how legible it is... at least most of the time. What works for something good and legible for a digital depends on a few factors.

This is a computer nerdy thing, but every now and again you will have to archive some files. Most people use ZIP because that is baked into Windows and most Linux distributions. In Linux specifically, TAR a.k.a. "tarball" is better because it has way more options compared to ZIP... ...except the option to split into […]

If you have tooth pain every time you brush or floss and there is not any immediate dental work you need, it's bad brushing technique and the wrong toothpaste and floss that's the problem. Probably. I have had a lot of dental work done over the years. Crowns, root canals (yes, plural), fillings, and so […]

One of the most boring foods on planet Earth is the saltine. Flour, salt and not much else. A saltine is never anything somebody raves about. Kroger, a large supermarket chain, does have a house brand for their saltines. Other companies could learn from what they did because the execution is brilliant.

Retro where computer stuff is concerned is usually not something I'm into. If the whatever-it-is can't serve any useful purpose, be it software or hardware, I just don't see the point. Every so often, I find something that has all the cool retro nostalgia and can actually be used for real computery things. This is […]

Well, that didn't last long. I returned the Squier Precision Bass PJ because it had an unfixable problem. However, I should be very clear that it was only unfixable to that very specific bass and certainly not for all of them. What I'm about to describe is actually something that can happen to any new […]

This was an adventure. I've been using Linux for over a year now. An OS notification came through that said hey, you can update to the new LTS. I thought about maybe waiting to do it since it is a rather large update. Then I said screw it. I'm committed to Linux now as my […]