I think one of the questions we should ask about politicians seeking office is whether they have a grasp of modern technology and its impact on society. By this I don’t mean that they can identify a few social media sites, but rather that they understand how these things...
Happenings
I posted on March 23 about how security and convenience conflict. I just found some numbers on one of my favorite sites, FiveThirtyEight.com. Their article The Trouble With Leaving Facebook Is That We Like Facebook explains the data.
Convenience and Security Conflict
More than a decade ago I was called in to do some work on the computer used by an office receptionist. After hearing the explanation, I sat down for what would be a rather easy job. Moments later, the receptionist interrupted me and said, “I guess you’ll need my...
Of Algorithms and News
I intensely dislike fake news or, for that matter, slanted news. I do believe that the term “fake news” should be limited to things that are totally made up, not things in which the reporting is slanted, or in which poor conclusions are drawn. People were and are justified...
On Sale: Devotional Books
This is a non-technical post, in case you hadn’t guessed. I’m working with an Aer.io store as a tool for authors to use in promoting their books, and also as a marketing tool for Energion Publications (of which NCS is a part). Through New Year’s Eve we’re offering a...
Link: AutoCad Alternatives
Opensource.com frequently publishes materials on open source alternative to major commercial products. Since some of my readers may not be techies, let me note that open source software provides free and open access to its source code, so that anyone who knows how can compile and create the program....
Running Odoo on a VPS with WHM and cPanel
I’ve been running Odoo on a Linode (1GB). I used Ubuntu 16.10 and the LAMP stack and things worked quite well. For what it’s worth, with three not-very-intense users, Odoo with inventory, accounting, sales, and project worked quite well on that minimal system. Because I wanted easier management of...
Scam: Your Computer Has Been Hacked
Many people have the impression that most computer hacking is the result of superior technical abilities, which, despite your best efforts, let’s an attacker get control of your computer or other device electronic device. It’s true that hacking involves technical skills, but a great deal of it involves simple...
On Telecommuting
I think the article There’s no such thing as a ‘remote’ employee in Computerworld is well worth while. People in my generation seem to think working from homed is something special and extraordinary, but as this article points out, our work follows us home and our personal lives follow...
Why You Need To Be Aware of Computer Security
Equifax, while dealing with a data breach, has managed to send people to a fake site. This is one of the problems with both big business and government. They’re big, they have us by the short and curlies, and they therefore don’t have enough incentive to caution and diligent...