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4 October 1957. Just another day in school… Then it happened. The teacher announced the Soviet Union had launched Sputnik, the first man made satellite to orbit the Earth. While the news was devastating, it did spark in this young boy an interest in space. I followed developments closely. It took nearly 4 months for…
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If you have a website with a contact form, you probably know of the “beloved” Eric Jones. But it doesn’t have to be that way. If your site is Word Press, get an Akismet account and API key and install the Akismet Antispam plugin. If your contact form is Contact Form 7, these lines in…
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I get an awful lot of phone calls. The majority are from people I don’t know. If I know or have a reasonable idea of who is calling, I will answer. Otherwise, it goes to voice mail. If you truly have no desire to actually speak with me, call on a restricted number. This will…
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I made a visit to the local Burger King the other day. My order totaled $10.63. I handed over a twenty dollar bill, a quarter, and four dimes. I knew that was a big mistake the moment I saw the cashier holding the coins in the palm of one hand, slowly pushing them back and…
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When I was a young man, I discovered shrimp… specifically, fried shrimp. Whenever we went to a restaurant, if fried shrimp was on the menu, I ordered it. After I had left home and was on my own, fried shrimp was always one of my favorite options. But then one day, sitting at the bar…
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A re-post from a previous blog— It is Thanksgiving Day here in the United States. Many families have traditions for Thanksgiving. My family when I was growing up was no different. This is the story of one of those traditions. It began about 1955 or 1956 when we got our first television set. It was…
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No one wants to see a child go missing. I certainly don’t. And if one does, I would like to be able to help. And I can’t help if I don’t know about it. The system of sending out alerts via cell phone is sure going to let a lot of people know, so they…
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HEADLINE: 14 January 2020 <strong>NSA Finds Major Security Flaw in Windows 10, Free Fix Issued</strong> Microsoft said it has not seen any evidence that hackers have used the technique. <hr /> That sure was nice of the NSA. I mean, when was the last time the NSA cared so much about individual security? To the…
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Do you remember the study that came out a few yearss ago that basically said, “if your cat was bigger, it would kill you”? That study is pure rubbish. I have witnessed close up the various personalities of a number of house cats over the last forty years or so. Cats are <strong>NOT</strong> intimidated by…
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I was trying to install a codec for Windows Media Player. (I know what you are thinking… WINDOWS? I usually work with Ubuntu, but confess I do sometimes use Windows…). Anyway, low and behold I happen to discover something called Segurazo Antivirus running on my machine! Supposedly, it is a good, lightweight antivirus… But I…