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How I Lost My Admin Password and Survived
It all started simply enough. I started up Windows Vista and when the logon screen appeared I clicked on my avatar. I was not using a password so I expected to immediately see my familiar desktop (nice country snow scene … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Technology, Occasional Commentary
Tagged admin, administrator, gui, image file, iso, linux, lost, ophcrack, password, profile service failed the logon, UAC, user account control, vista
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The Seagate Backup Plus, a Way Cool Portable Hard Drive
My desktop computer is seven years old. It’s a HP Pavilion a6000n PC and it works great. But then just like pets, all computers eventually meet their demise. I don’t know when mine will go up in smoke (may it be … Continue reading
How to Read Digital Library Books on Your iPad
I read electronic books on my Kindle. The easy way to get them is to download from the Internet various free items (public domain) or purchase them directly from Amazon. The difficult way is to download them from my online … Continue reading
From Bell & Howell Filmo to DVD
It’s about 1954. The place is Roger Williams Park in Cranston, RI. A young father and his 5-year old son are swinging the 2-year old son between them. The arc of their swing peaks right above the adjacent duck pond. … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Technology
Tagged 8-mm, Angus, Bell & Howell, camera, Doghouse, film, filmo, Harvey, More Dogs than Bones, movie, regular 8, Salt, VCR, videodisc, VTR
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What do you Read?
Just how does a person share a book these days? It used to be that you put your name on the inside of the cover and then lent the book to a close friend with the adomonition to “Please get … Continue reading
Posted in Books...all kinds, Modern Technology, Occasional Commentary
Tagged books, China, e-reader, fiction, history, Kindle, library, nonfiction, Nook, reading, reviews, Sony
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TI to iPad … a short history of computers
My first memory of a computer must date back to the late 1950’s. Each year, around April or so, the nightly news on TV (black & white, no remote, 19″ screen) would feature the most recent national science fair … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Technology, Occasional Commentary
Tagged Amiga, Amstrad, Apple, Atari, computer, IBM, IIc, IIe, Macintosh, TI-99/4a
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Apps…a whole new world in 3 years
My first exposure to computers goes back to 1970 or so. A computer at that time was something housed in a glass room deep in the basement of a hall at Providence College. The only communication a mere student had … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Technology, Occasional Commentary
Tagged Apple, apps, C-SPAN, computer, FlipBoard, iPad, review
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The Search for Capacitance (an electronic value, not a religion)
I like to collect, use, and repair old radios. Anyone who spends much time learning about old radios will soon enough come across interesting electronic test equipment, vintage and new. The old has style and (often) accuracy. The new has … Continue reading →