This is the first post from the new computer. It’s been every bit the ordeal I feared it would be.

First, of course, there’s all the setup, download, update, register, etc., etc., etc. That’s taken hours all in itself.

Then you go through it all again for the software applications you are actually going to use.

After all those hurdles are clear, there’s …[MORE]

I’m at the mercy of my own self-indulgent nature when I get a food craving. I’m not saying I have no self-control. I can resist for days, weeks, even months, but when the craving runs deep it will not be denied indefinitely. Sooner or later, I must give in.

Given that eventuality, my usual reaction is to go ahead and indulge, just to …[MORE]

When it comes to technological innovation, I’m generally a very late adopter. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of my friends consider me a near-Luddite.

I don’t hate technology per se, but I do believe that 85% of it is meaningless noise and pointless consumerism. I’m only interested in those aspects of tech that actually improve …[MORE]

My laptop is in a potential death struggle with Bill Gates, and while the war will no doubt be lost in the end, I still hope to survive this battle. I’m in no mood to go computer shopping.

If I don’t post here for a day or two, it’s probably technical issues. If I’m absent longer …[MORE]

Ages ago, an ingenuous young friend said to me, “Computers sure do simplicate things.” I laughed for days, and I’ve never forgotten it.

Decades later, my life is so simplicated I can hardly stand it. In the course of a normal working day I might have launched and used as many as 18 different software applications and user interfaces. Each …[MORE]

From the time I resurrected this blog, I determined not to let the current political quagmire seep into it. I pointedly avoid my own political posts on Facebook, as I dislike when others do it incessantly.

Anyone who knows me, knows where I stand. I’m not shy and I’m not cowed. I just have other priorities, both for my Facebook …[MORE]