PostArctica: Ellis D. Kropotechev and Zeus, This marvelous time-sharing...
Stumbled on to this interesting little 16mm film made by a couple of Standford grad students in 1967. Some computer history and plenty of innuendo. Enjoy!
View ArticleScripturient: Forty years of geekitude
It was forty years ago this fall, in 1977, that I bought my first computer. I had little experience with computers prior to that – a few weeks working after hours on an APL system at the U of T, mostly...
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: More Vague First World Problems
I made a large purchase last week Tuesday, and have had problems paying for it. Oh, I’ve got the money, I mean I’ve had some difficulty sending it to the seller. I put a deposit down instantly over the...
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Spy Agency Fighting Malware
Canada’s CSE is attempting to make it easier for organizations to detect malicious software in files.
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: A gripping tale of lost Bitcoins
I’m just glad this wasn’t me. You probably won’t be disappointed reading this tale of a man losing his Bitcoin recovery information, and the low-tech, and high-tech means he tries to recover them from...
View ArticleScripturient: Of mice and men, and trackballs, too
Late last year, I purchased another laptop to separate my work and recreational uses. After a long search in stores, and a lot of online
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: How to use Nanowallet for the NEM blockchain
May 4, 2018 NEM is a cryptocurrency, inspired by Bitcoin and an alt-coin called NXT. It isn’t compatible with Bitcoin, however. For this reason it
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Tech Giants Funding Climate Denial
Microsoft and Facebook and Google threw money into a “LibertyCon” [Too appropriate] convention along with Heritage Institute [Brad Wall’s chums], and other climate change denial orgs.
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Civic Hatchback vs. LEAF Hatchback
Should you buy a Honda gas burner, or a pure electric Nissan if you need a family hatchback motor vehicle? “2019 Civic hatchback and coupe models are priced […] at $20,150US and $19,350US,...
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: “Andrew Scheer here”
Billy Mays here with your latest As Seen On TV fad/junk: Andrew Scheer here.Trudeau's carbon tax will raise gas prices 4.6 cents on Monday, so fill your tank! Storm the pumps and wait in line for 45...
View ArticleTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Can We, Should We, Will We Live Forever Online
When typing for this blog I have often wished I could just think my thoughts at the computer and have them type out on the screen. This, no doubt, has much to do with the fact I am a one finger hunt...
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Podcast on Sunday
Jeff Cliff interviewed me for his Facebook Live stream on Sunday. We discussed Saskatchewan politics, media, blogging, censorship, and the Amazon Fires. For instance, I can link to Facebook, but people...
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: WikiLeaks: Sweden Tosses Unneeded Investigation
This article makes it sound like he was preventing the Swedish phony investigation from proceeding by hiding (in a location known to the whole world!). No, the reason for the investigation in Sweden...
View ArticleTHE FIFTH COLUMN: On Being a “Boomer”
Generations When I was growing up in the 1950s and onward there was not all this talk about generations that seems to have become a fascination of the last twenty years. Although I became aware of the...
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Toxic Deadly Gaming Culture
One of the strangest things about modern tech is that you can easily hear what a dead murderer thought of himself and others. There are hours of video of this Rudy guy boasting about his video game...
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: How Bad Is WordPress’s Block Editor? Bad.
I have over 2 decades experience editing websites. 18 years of writing blogs, from Angelfire, to CMS systems like WordPress. And the latest update to the editor is mystifying. Who wants it? I wrote a...
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Cory’s 20th Blogiversary Cake With FBI Icing
Notable author and blogger Cory Doctorow got a call from the FBI for his blog anniversary. Yes, it's harassment, and the FBI enabled it by not doing some investigating to learn it was a baseless...
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Stonks Game Stops At This Stop
Hedge funds that bet against Game Stop are crying foul as they lose a fortune, because the crowd noticed their weakness and exploited it. Sounds very Wall Street. Is it against the rules? How could it...
View ArticleScripturient: Musings on Computer Gaming, Storytelling, and Seniors
Every day, for an hour or two, I kill demons. Or I build houses and shopping malls. Sometimes I command armies in battle. Or fly an airplane into a foreign airport. I might manage a hospital, build a...
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: How Secure Is Your Phone?
Your phone’s security is probably not too bad, aside from it being a tracking device. And especially when someone buys state-sponsored spyware to attack you and your network: It's been four years since...
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