Recently a friend was asking on Twitter for things that are different now compared to the 1980’s: At the same time, my youngest Barbarian and I had a conversation and his analogy for a yucky noise wasn’t the familiar one. I commented and he asked, “What does nails down a blackboard sound like?” (asked without…
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Everything including the kitchen sink
When Jeckle was but a wee munchkin, his teacher asked his class what they wanted to be when they grew up. Jeckle said he wanted to build robots so “Mum had help”. It would seem technology isn’t waiting for Jeckle to grow up. The latest offerings from companies such as LG and Samsung are moving…
Tech torture
Last week my computer began playing up. It seemed to randomly shut down and restart, it didn’t type the first letter when I started typing, it would cycle through tabs, open and close things and a whole series of other randoms. Basically drove me crazy. I tried everything I could think of… virus scans, shut…
Missing file
Technology is great. Until it isn’t. I’ve spent a few hours today hunting for a file which I know was there a few weeks ago and now is not. I’m assuming (hoping) I’ve somehow accidentally shifted it inside another folder. But no matter how hard I look I can’t find it. It’s not the end…