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There’s an interesting article in Bloomsberg BusinessWeek titled Amazon, the Company that Ate the World. The title may seem just a bit over the top, but the content is interesting. I enjoyed the commentary on Amazon.com‘s business strategy. I admit to some concern as companies like Apple and now even Google try to lock up…
Trends in Display Design
MSNBC has an interesting story here.
Installing the HP OfficeJet Pro 8610 on Windows 10
I just purchased this printer and have several hours of work into installing drivers. While my Ubuntu system worked right away using HPLIP, I have two Windows 10 printers and my wife one, and none of these would install the driver. I went through quite a number of possible fixes, including using the HP troubleshooter…
Ditto and Mimeograph Machines
I was fascinated to find a discussion of the difference between a ditto machine and a mimeograph. For what it’s worth, my memory of the difference between the two is the same as Michael Sheehan indicated in his post. The Ditto machine used masters that had a carbon based (I believe) substance on them, and…
Tips on Choosing Laptops
There’s a good article in today’s Washington Post on what makes laptops different, and what makes them the same. I agree with most of the tips in the article. I would only add that for some people the extra weight will be worth it to get a 15″ or more screen. You should consider this…
Documents to Go Sync on Palm Centro
I’m sure there are those who picked up on this much more quickly, but in case anyone else gets stalled on synchronizing their Documents-to-Go documents on this little beast (Palm Centro) I thought I’d write a little bit about it. This whole thing illustrates the reason I say that computers are easy, but phones mess…