Toaster or toaster oven, simple vs. complex
On 2010/09/19
If all you want is toast a toaster is a better choice than a toaster oven. The toaster is the simpler appliance. It does the job it was designed to do. Sure the oven can bake a potato and reheat pizza, but it costs more, takes up more counter space [...]
The rise of the personal appliance era
On 2010/07/18
The personal computer (PC) revolution began in the 1970s. It altered our lives. None of us ever wanted a mainframe or mini-computer in our houses but a PC was different. First it changed how we wrote, with rudimentary word processors, like WordStar, and how we calculated, [...]
KatMouse has been around since 2002. It is an incredibly useful tool that lets you scroll the window under your mouse cursor without requiring you to click on that window to give it the system focus. It works with all versions of Windows since Windows 2000, including Windows 7 [...]
Our technological lives are too complicated
On 2010/02/02
This is the tale of two troubleshooting issues. One was easy the other was not.
I am usually good at problem solving. But the constant grind is wearing. I have to solve problems for my clients, friends and myself. I do that all day and night long, seemingly 7 days a week. It used [...]
The NY Times’ David Pogue’s 2009 ‘Take Back the Beep‘ campaign is trying to get cell phone carriers to eliminate the lengthy messages that precede recording a voice message. My campaign is to change the way we launch applications or find files on our computers. I want you to learn to use [...]
My very first blog post, The Curse of the New Computer, written four years ago, recounts my experience replacing a failed computer. I cursed Gates to an eternity of installing Microsoft software. Surely, no one who had experienced the frustrations of what Microsoft wrought and ran the company would allow it to [...]
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