aBook and the Medieval Help Desk

ByHenry Neufeld June 19, 2012

Spam FAIL of the Day

ByHenry Neufeld December 6, 2013

Today I deleted a spam comment from this blog. That is not very memorable. What was different was that the first line stuck with me. This is a very funny blog! I loved the way you … One of the techniques of comment spammers is to include generically congratulatory text on the grounds the bloggers…

Fun | PHP

Forgetting Which Computer I’m Using

ByHenry Neufeld November 2, 2014

This is not so much a technical note as one about the weird way the brain works, though you may need some technical knowledge to understand what happened. It’s not complex, however, and the problem is strictly one of the way the brain functions. The other day I had what I thought was a bug…

Fun

FORTRAN History

ByHenry Neufeld September 20, 2021September 20, 2021

From the folks at smartermsp.com, we have some brief history of #FORTRAN (#TECHTIMEWARP). I wanted to add my humor note, as I was working with computers while FORTRAN was still fairly commonly used. I studied it and took a challenge exam, getting 4 quarter hours of college credit in the language, but I never owned…

Hardware | Laptops and Notebooks | Technology

Shopping on Amazon: The HP Omen Laptop

ByHenry Neufeld February 18, 2017February 18, 2017

I had an opportunity to look at this computer this week in the flesh, or better in the silicon, and so I thought I’d put it up here for shopping at Amazon.com. This is a high end computer for gaming or serious business applications that require graphics or very high speed. Key elements to look…

Amazon.com | Technology

Shopping on Amazon: Amazon Tap

ByHenry Neufeld October 5, 2016

This is on sale for just $99.99 on Amazon through October 9. I am not recommending this as something I’ve tested, but the competition is heating up for voice command devices, and Amazon got into it early with the Echo and now this. If you’ve had any luck with things like Siri and Cortana, you…

Technology

New Tech: I Need a Mini-Drone Like This

ByHenry Neufeld October 21, 2016

Amazon has filed a patent for a mini-drone that would be easily transportable (perhaps in a bag or attached to your clothing), and would be able to find things. You might have your car marked in some way, and when you get to the parking lot, the drone would fly from your clothing, locate your…

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