Now and then an author writes about something that starts off being counter-intuitive. Barry Schwartz wrote the book, “The Paradox of Choice”, to address the misconceptions about the process of making a decision. In most modern societies, it is perceived that…
There is a trend emerging from people using communications technology. No longer are things limited to the realm of small areas, it is now possible to broadcast information to the world quickly. The web has the ability for other people…
This topic is guaranteed to bore most people. Or, maybe I am wrong. Are you the kind of person that loves to defrag your disk? Are you always looking for new ways of speeding up your machine? Are knobs and…
Git is a tool used extensively for open source projects. It is a way of distributing source control instead of the typical central repository. History has it that Linus Torvalds himself developed the original tool. Every Git working directory is…
Having come from a Windows background, it can be very interesting to try catching up to where the Linux world is now. It is more than likely that most Linux people feel the same way about Windows. Well, more accurately…
This blog has been going for three years with this being the 301st post. Within the last year, things have slowed down considerably for a number of different factors. Perhaps the biggest reason is being too busy with the current…
We are entering a very different era from our parents. Technology is shifting from a very individual experience into a worldwide exchange. As each wave forms, the resulting push goes further and further inland. The goal is to reach some…
Recently, I downloaded the Sysprep package from Microsoft for XP SP3. It does not really matter why. The package was expanded and the contents explored. However, what happened next was unexpected. See the screen capture below: “The address is not…
There is nothing more important. More important than what? What current preoccupation is that important? Well, it seems that important so therefore it is. It’s a judgment call, and clearly not all the facts are known. Largely, the computer industry…
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