Category: Technology

Vivaldi Tabs...

As a Vivaldi Ambassador I have fielded a few questions regarding Tabs. Many new users seem to have difficulty when in the Tabs portion of the Settings. I may not clarify it fully but will give my take on Tabs and how I…

By greybeard

Great design, poor print

I used Tinkercad to make my latest Retro-design rocketship. The forward-swept wings, the thick fin-root nacelles, the pointy nose and the long cockpit canopy are reminiscent of the American space race design phase…

By ARSWA3YAY

Photo Sharing Services

I take a lot of photos. Some of family. Some of nature. No selfies, though. Sharing these photos with others is a big part of the joy of photography. But to do that you need the right sharing services. This is a blog…

By lonm

USB virus

It’s not an .exe infection but more like hardware on USB devices. How do i know if i have it, well it’s making mouse pointer sluggish and ports are warm or hot to the touch and sometimes Linux reports USB descriptor…

By ipristy

20 years more of tech...

NFS stands for network file system, some day we will have this with zero fragmentation and IP file access system. The Web is faster with opening complex site than a large Word document from local storage. New OS will be…

By ipristy

RIP Huey & Louie

Silent Running made me sad. I was sad when HAL9000 was shut down too, but the loss of Louie outside the ship, and with Lowell detonating the nuclear charges, destroying the Valley Forge, losing Huey in the process…

By ARSWA3YAY

Back when Radios looked like Robots

The Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., commonly know as Toshiba, made a lot of consumer electronics since it's beginnings in 1939. One thing that the Japanese knew was design. They incorporated the design cues trending at the…

By ARSWA3YAY

En quoi le navigateur Vivaldi est-il différent de Google Chrome ?

Tout comme Google Chrome, le navigateur Vivaldi est développé à partir du code Open-Source Chromium. Quelles sont donc les différences entre Vivaldi et Chrome ?…

By cellix

technical issue with ASA DDM85 on 21 dec. 2020

I noticed an problem with my setup with the ASA DDM85 mount. The USB devices aren't recognised anymore . After some tests, i could conclude that the internal USB hub of the ASA DDM85 isn't working anymore or very…

By astrobry

Crippled e-books are worthless

My university issued this notice during exam time - A time when students are most in need of revision material: A number of eBooks are in high demand at the moment due to exams. Please check Discovery and use copies on…

By lonm

Computer Gripes: 2020 Edition

2 Decades after the millennium and we still have yet to perfect the art of the computer operating system user experience. Here's some of the problems I've faced this year. Some of them are problems that have existed for…

By lonm