Category: Computers

  • Days Of My Life I Can’t Get Back

    I decided to update to a new computer and do a fresh install of Windows 10. The old system I was using has Linux Mint with Cinnamon desktop. I say has since it is still acting as my document server. One week later and I’ve got most things working. It was so much more than…

  • Billions of People Do Not Have Internet

    4.3 Billion is the best guess. It’s often forgotten by us “First World” people that there are many – the majority of the worlds population in fact – That have never “gone online”. I’ve wanted to repost a map I saw in National Geographic showing a world map done in black with every IP address…

  • Getting Paid On Time

    In case you haven’t heard, there’s a slump in the oil prices around my neck of the woods. Alberta, Canada that is. Frankly I haven’t a clue what the prices are doing around the world. It’s been quite a while since I was working directly in the oil patch. My go-to source was “The DOB”,…

  • Why I don’t Do Facebook

    I’m going to use an analogy for this. Stay with me. I want you to pretend for a moment that you have a little store. You are a storekeeper in a happy land. Then Tim Horton’s gives their coffee away for free to everyone. And everything changes.

  • Choosing Your Domain Name

    Info-graphics are neat.  I have been searching around for a good info-graphic that explains the open source initiative, but I haven’t found one I can post here. What I did find was a couple of good ones at http://www.whoishostingthis.com.  They allow other websites to hotlink to their images and even give the code snippit.  That’s…

  • WordPress Maintenance and the CMS Calendar

    Websites today are a lot more like software than static pages of text and pictures. Web developers use CMS (Content Management Systems) for building websites (e.g. this site uses WordPress).   There are dozens of website CMS applications Like any software, you must continuously update it.  The site that’s visible to the public might not change…