This past week I had a snow day, so I decided to stay at home and rebuild my first Windows ’98 machine. The 90’s were a time of positive change and growth for me. I started the 90’s as a single college student using an … Continue readingSnow day time travel: 1998
Last year, we purchased a pop-up tent trailer after realizing that we’ve become too old to sleep on the ground, and wanted something that would hold all of our camping gear and outdoor toys. After buying this trailer, I decided to do some upgrades to … Continue reading7 DIY tent trailer mods
It’s that time of year again, that time when we get to continue to ensure that we’re doing our part to help pay for the cost of everything our country needs to fight World War 1, even though it’s long been over. A lot has … Continue readingIncome tax 2018
One of my favourite desktop applications is LightZone; it’s a digital darkroom that allows me to work with the RAW image format that my Pentax camera produces. In Ubuntu 18.04, it reported the following error on startup after installation, and then did not work correctly … Continue readingLightZone and Ubuntu 18.04
One popular argument many people use for wanting to go with or stick with Windows is that Linux isn’t as good for games. Giving credit where credit is due, Windows is an excellent platform for gamers. Then again, so are consoles like the Playstation 4, … Continue readingGames on Linux
I really could not remember when gas prices were this cheap, so I had to check GasBuddies again to find out it’s been 10 years! I regard this as a positive thing, because studies have shown that, when people spend less on every day things … Continue readingGas prices even lower
If you want evidence that our government has no fucks to give to the common people of the province of Ontario, look no further than Highway 407. Now, I’m not inherently opposed to toll highways; in fact, they can be a good thing. For example, … Continue readingOur elitist province
First, I will state that I think Windows 10 is a fine operating system. I switched back to Windows from Ubuntu Linux when I could upgrade my Windows 7 for free. I thought I’d try it out, and then stuck with it. There wasn’t anything … Continue readingGoing back to Linux
I used to work on the assembly line in car plants 1 and 2 in Oshawa, from around the time the Y2k programmer job market dried up to the time when GM shut down the truck plant in Oshawa. I wanted to get into the … Continue readingThe 90 day jacket
Just a quick note, my e-mail server was not working over the past week, I overlooked this configuration when transferring my domain name, so if you sent me something, I would not have received it. This has been corrected, and my e-mail now works as … Continue readingMail was down