Category Archives: Computing

Essential Free Stuff

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Liberty

Every once in a while I recommend a list of utilities and programs I find useful.  I don’t like paying for software so most of the stuff listed is gnu open source or free. Operating Systems Most of us don’t install … Continue reading →

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New Computer Build

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Liberty

My trusty little Intel Atom based desktop died a couple weeks ago.  This was a an Ubuntu based system was very inexpensive and yet functional.  I replaced it with a new modern Dell.  Its $600 price tag was double what … Continue reading →

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Google Cleaning House.

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Liberty

Google is discontinuing their reader service on June 1st.  Google seems to do this a lot, offer a service and get a lot of people to use it then take it away. Most of the ideas are an attempt to … Continue reading →

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NBC and Twitter Conspire to Censorship.

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Liberty

Posting the email address Gary.zenkel@nbcuni.com cost Tweeter his account. Guy Adams is pretty upset with NBCs Olympic coverage and the way it is handling the time shifted coverage, and hasn’t been shy about letting the world know.  He holds Gary Zenkel, the … Continue reading →

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Pi in the Sky

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Liberty

In England some people have decided to do something about what they feel is a slipping in their computer skills as a nation,  They have been working on a $25.00 solution. The Raspberry Pi.  The boards are slowly being let … Continue reading →

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Magic Jack Review

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Liberty

When Hurricane Ike struck here on Galveston Island we lost our phone service. By the time we moved back in we got used to using our cell phones and restoring our landlines had a low priority.  for a while we … Continue reading →

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The GoDaddy Boycott Busts, Sort of

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Liberty

Thursday was the scheduled day for the boycott of Go Daddy over SOPA.  Go Daddy has gone from supporting SOPA to pulling support from SOPA  to claiming SOPA and PIPA is a bad idea.  I don’t know how sincere they … Continue reading →

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Go Daddy Bites the Hand that Feeds Them

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Liberty

Passing SOPA would be a web owners worst nightmare. Godaddy’s support of it is a stand against its customers,  SOPA and its sister bill, PROTECT IP Act, in the Senate is a bad idea that promises to censor and restrict the web as … Continue reading →

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A Wiki Boycott

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Liberty

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. is publically considering shutting down Wikipedia in protest of SOPA. The proposed shutdown has nothing to do with technical problems or money issues, and everything to do with the Stop Online Piracy Act, an … Continue reading →

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Cyber Wars

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Liberty

The Cyber wars have esculated up one more notch with the discovery that our Predator and Reaper drone fleet has been infected with keylogger virus. The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the military’s Host-Based Security System, has not … Continue reading →

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