Back in the 1980s, there was a lot of heavy competition taking place between computer manufacturers.  Companies were coming out with faster, more powerful systems.  They’d play up the cutting edge graphics of the day and advertise a lot of the “eye candy” features. The Commodore 64 was one computer that really highlighted its graphics […]

May 5th is Cartoonists Day.  It’s a day that draws (sorry ’bout the pun) attention to all who doodle, draw and cartoon their way through life. Comic strips and cartoons are a uniquely American art.  Cartoons have made an amazing impact on our popular culture and society in general.  Cartoons and cartoonists have shaped public […]

I stopped by my father’s house the other day, and a couple of neighbors came to the front door. They were volunteering for the area schools, going door-to-door, and getting out the word on the school levy vote coming up. Of course, they were hoping Dad would vote for the levy. I asked a few […]

Got a Kindle?  Do you own a tablet or smartphone?  Well, get ready for some terrific FREE reading material! As wireless devices become more affordable and allow us to get all kinds of traditional printed material, it’s nice to know that you can get some of the world’s most loved stories and novels absolutely free. […]

My brother David was having some problems with his Windows computer.  He asked me what would help clean his system.  I offered a few suggestions, and hopefully, he’ll get his system back to working order. When you run Windows, you need to periodically tune and clean the system in order to make sure it’s running […]

Independence day always falls on the Fourth of July.  Christmas is always on the 25th of December.  Halloween is the 31st of October. Thanksgiving (here in the U.S.) is always the fourth Thursday of November. We’re all familiar with these dates.  They’re set in stone and occur at the same time each year. So, what […]

Here’s a snippet from the BBC television show Click. They review PCLinuxOS and have some very nice things to say about it. You can see the original post and review on Click’s site here. PCLinuxOS is one of the very best Linux distributions in use around the world today. It’s easy to test drive (via […]

Recently, hardware keyloggers were found on library computers in the UK.  I learned this from a post on the PCLinuxOS forums (by menotu).  You can read the article here.  You can also view a brief video from the BBC here. You might be asking yourself, “What the heck is a hardware keylogger?” A keylogger is […]