Category Archives: Techie Stuff

Articles about computers, operating systems, electronics, gadgets, etc.

An Open Letter to Chris Dodd by Eric S. Raymond

This article is so important, in my opinion, that I’m posting a link to it on all my blogs. This is about freedom, pure and simple. If you read nothing else the next month, you should at least read this article by Eric S. Raymond. It is 24 carat TRUTH. It’s not just about technology [...]

A New Beginning… of Sorts

Yesterday, I started a new blog at WordPress.com. It’s called Nocturnal Slacker v1.0. Sound familiar? Heh! Here’s what the deal is… I started Nocturnal Slacker back about a year ago at Chris Pirillo’s LockerGnome site. Ron Schenone, a friend from Scot’s Newsletter Forums and an ace blogger on Chris’ site, invited me to come write [...]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Call of Pripyat… a Review

A bit before Christmas, I purchased (used) a copy of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Call of Pripyat from a seller on eBay for $9.00. I played the game on the #2 difficulty level (one up from easiest) for the first run; what I like to call “recon” mode. It was interesting and relatively difficult at that level. [...]

2010 In Review – My WordPress Stats

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meterâ„¢ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Leaning Tower of Pisa has 296 steps to reach the top. This blog was viewed about 1,000 times in 2010. If those were [...]

Yahoo On the Slippery Slope?

When I first came online back in 2000, Yahoo was one of the first sites that I utilized. It’s kinda’ sad to see it struggling. One of my first email accounts was with Yahoo. I still use it every day, actually. It was the first search engine that I used regularly. It was also the [...]

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words…

… so they say. The Internet is not just words, folks. It’s also images… millions and millions of images. What do you use when you want to share yours with friends and family online? Well, I’ve got a suggestion for ya’. Try ImageBam. They’ve been around quite some time now. They offer unlimited uploads/downloads. They [...]

Will Internet TV Kill Cable/Sat…

… like email is killing the USPS or like cell phone have hurt the hardwired phone companies? Makes you wonder, don’t it? I read THIS article over at Physorg.com earlier this evening. It definitely got me thinking; wondering what the future holds for TV, and these other rapidly passing technologies. Times they are a-changin’, folks. [...]

Future Cloudy for the Slacker?

OK… call me a hypocrite, but I had to do it. I had to stick my head in the clouds. My first foray into cloud computing… well, sort of… is my new favorite tool, Xmarks. What is Xmarks, you ask. Well, grasshopper… let me tell you all about it. As many of you know, I [...]

Superbcalc Review

Have you ever wanted an old-fashioned two-decimal place adding machine type calculator that works on your computer? Well, I have. I pay my bills and balance checkbooks and all that baloney online and on my computer. I’ve always missed the old-fashioned adding machine type calculators. I have one on my real desktop in this room, [...]

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