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• Be cautious if you find a USB stick, thumb drive on a train or plane: Be very cautious about plugging any USB sticks or thumb drives into your computer if you aren’t sure where it came from. That’s a pretty obvious piece of advice, I [...]
• Wow, Gulf oil monster just keeps chomping stuff down: I guess the BP technical geeks must be feeling pretty desperate by this point. (Probably well before this point, if I know engineers.) No matter what they’ve shoved at the [...]
• I’m not ‘gadget-phobic,’ but I do have strong feelings about some: I’ve never considered my self anti-technology, nor in anyway opposed to high-tech progress. Indeed, I absolutely love to fiddle with new computers, smartphones, LCD/LED televisions, all the rest. (If I [...]
• Are alternative power sources starting to make sense yet?: Are the many alternative energy and power sources out there that scientists and politicians have been preaching about starting to make sense yet? More importantly, are they any more practical [...]
• Someday we’ll wave magic wands to cure anything, I suppose: I read a lot of medical and health news online most days, because as I grow older and suffer “old guys” aches and pains I find I have a more [...]
• Any good ideas about MP3 players — besides iPods?: I’ve just decided there’s a good reason in my life and business to buy, finally, one of those portable MP3 players. Yes, I’m generally operating well below the curve when [...]
• Wish I knew more about computer video stuff: I wish I knew more about computer video stuff. My son bought himself a big-screen LCD television when he found one at a great pre-Christmas price. It included a PlayStation [...]
• Better watch out — GPS probably tracking you: If I were inclined toward conspiracy theories and overblown “Big Brother is watching you” stuff, I would be afraid to 1) ever use my little old cell phone, 2) ever [...]
• Do you still read newspapers? How? How often?: Some years ago, shortly after Gutenberg invented movable type or thereabouts, I worked for seven years as a newspaper copyeditor. (Those seven years were the best 10 years of my [...]
• Scary news from front lines of ‘cyberespionage’ reported today: Some scary news from the front lines of the battle of “cyberespionage” was reported today: Cyberspies from foreign nations have penetrated the nation’s powergrid — and left various types of [...]
• Are you a key loser? Try ‘The Ultimate Key Finder’ for your problem: Are you the sort of person who constantly loses your keys, or the TV remote? Try “The Ultimate Key Finder” as a solution for your problem. The Ultimate Key Finder [...]
• How about those Oscar Awards, eh? Or did you even notice?: When I was a lad back in the 1400s — no, seriously, 1950s-60s I mean, watching the Academy Awards, the Oscars, each year was a big deal of sorts in [...]
• Are you willing to show off your body parts to airport security personnel?: Are you willing to show off your body parts to airport security personnel?? Okay, I’ll admit I used “show off” mostly to get your attention. But surely you’ve heard by [...]
• ‘Alternative energy’ resources — how about doing more walking?: Here’s something to think about when we’re thinking about alternative energy sources, alternative transportation, etc. — how about walking more and driving less? I realize our culture is hell-bent on [...]
• What’s your computer of choice? Laptop? Desktop? Cell phone? Netbook?: What’s your computer of choice? Do you use mainly a laptop or a desktop? Or do you rely on your cell phone and wireless service for all your “computer” needs? [...]
• Anybody following all the gadgets, goodies at CES?: I never pass up the chance to spice up the blog with some techie sounding jargon. So I couldn’t resist using CES instead of Consumer Electronics Show — the annual [...]
• We really must come to our senses regarding oil drilling: We really must come to our senses regarding oil drilling. Am I the only person in the world who understands that opening restricted U.S. areas to oil exploration and drilling [...]
• Does it REALLY make sense to use food products for alternative fuels?: A year or two ago, everyone where I live was excited about the prospects of a plant opening nearby to produce ethanol fuel from corn. Ethanol, as I’m sure you [...]
• Just learned about an ‘eco-friendly’ webhosting service you should take a look at: I just heard about ThinkHost, a webhosting company that is 100% powered by wind and solar power. Think about that when you think about hosting your blog or website. That’s [...]
• Energy policies based primarily on oil are ALL ultimately flawed beyond fixing: There’s no getting around it, America (for that matter the whole world) needs a solution to the “energy crisis” we have become painfully aware of in recent months because of [...]
• World’s nations simply won’t get serious about tackling world climate problems: I remember how amazed I was as a kid to see one of the NASA launches canceled because there were storm clouds within X number of miles of the Florida [...]
• Do you do digital photography? What software do you use to download, edit, and store your digital photos?: I’ve been very slow coming into the digital age. Mostly, since our kids have grown and left home, my wife and I don’t take anywhere near the number of photos [...]
• Approaching end of analog TV still has many confused: The federal government, in their usual slapstick fashion with just a dash of ironic humor, has decreed that television broadcasters go digital by February 17, 2009 — less than a [...]
• Nice shooting — missle blows up broken spy satellite on the first shot: Well, whether you support the long-running, multi-trillion dollar “Star Wars Missile Defense Project,” or whatever the recent name is for it, you’ve got to admit that satellite “kill” was some [...]
• Personal rant: Clock radio technology has passed me by: Okay, that’s it: I’m going to sound like a truly grumpy old curmudgeon here — I should not have to spend most of a day of my life driving from [...]
• Sounds pretty sci-fi to me — shooting down our broken satellites: Wow, this is just like something out of a sci-fi novel or movie of my childhood. We have a broken satellite headed to hit the Earth sometime in early March. [...]
• What a bummer — FBI warns about Valentine’s Day ecard ‘worm’: What better way to show your love on Valentine’s Day than to send a “worm” infected e-card to your lover to infect his/her computer?? Yeah, what a bummer. In a [...]
• I don’t ‘get it’ with some high-technology unless you keep it very simple: I ran onto an article praising the success of some studies about using “smart grid” technology to save big bunches of energy and money for all of us consumers. The [...]
• Keeping up with video technology really seems impossible: Well, I now feel just about as old as a caveman: I still remember when black-and-white televisions were the norm, and now Sony has released a OLED television — and [...]
• Anybody have a quick explanation for me? How does closed captioning work?: Just awhile ago, a commercial ran on one of our local television stations about closed captioning for local newscasts. One of our local lawyers sponsors the commercial and sponsors the [...]
• Good to know: Planets Earth and Venus are practically twins: Okay, I guess I’m not understanding enough about how scientists, particularly astronomers, think — because I just read a couple of stories where they announced that Earth and Venus are [...]
• Stem cells from skin cells — scientists revolutionize controversial research: You’ve undoubtedly read about the breakthrough in the news, seen about it on TV, and already know the story: Researchers have released groundbreaking work in which they produced what appear [...]
• Goodbye Dolly — scientist who cloned sheep abandons technique: Dolly the sheep made history when she was cloned in 1996 in Scotland. Now, the scientist who developed the “nuclear transfer” method of stem cell cloning (forgive my very unscientific [...]
• Nuclear transport issue is one most of us choose to ignore: When I was a kid, I used to try really hard not to think about some of the science stuff I’d see or read about — things like a wayward [...]
• Shame on all of us for being so gullible online: According to a Washington Post story, everyone from local business to large corporations are feeling the heat from disgruntled customers who spread the word about they’re dissatisfaction through the Internet. [...]