This dreary time of year in the the Northern Hemisphere so many are talking about “Blue Monday,” but I’ve been taken by such happy things that this day isn’t even registering for me. I’ve been reading and watching recent projects that highlighted the man and actor John Candy. I read the outstanding hardcover John Candy: […]
Iodd seems to be adept at making clones of other company’s products (see Zalman). This one may be a clone also, though it’s hard to know. The ST300 drive enclosure is something of a unique product. It’s an external drive, yes, but when you place CD image files in a folder named _ISO, you can internally mount up to four virtual drives and boot from them. This is great for installing operating systems as it’s the standard format for these. Today, I take a look.
For those that run the free version of RustDesk’s open source remote access server one big missing good address book. The RustDesk client is good for one-off connections, but a paid license is needed to get the full-featured web address book. This may change in 2026, but for now, many are looking for a decent […]
On occasion I partake in online sales. These usually take the form of Kijiji or Facebook Marketplace listings and an in-person meeting to either buy or sell an item. The vast majority of the time, things go according to what’s agreed upon. But to say this environment is a cesspool is an understatement. It can bring out people intent on the shadiest of things. Today, I offer a bit of a different story…
In mid November of 2025, a web property I manage had the distinction of being compromised. Locking this site down had been difficult because of how many had permission over the installation. Too many things change, too often. None of these things I could control, but when it broke, they came to me for the fix. In I.T., this is usually not a position we want to be in, but sometimes I relish this kind of challenge.
As this fellow was booting up the computer, an unusual thing started to happen: the keyboard wasn’t working or initializing on boot. Not only that, but also the built-in mouse was failing. Now, if one were to connect the power, or perhaps an external USB-based mouse, the computer’s keyboard would then work. Disconnect all this, shut down the computer completely and no keyboard….
As you probably know, ISBN, the International Standard Book Number is one essential part of getting your book published. This unique number identifies each version (and edition) of your book to publishers and booksellers alike. I’m going to show you how to get one for free…
News that Amazon is changing the way they offer their e-books books in Digital Rights Management (DRM) free formats. DRM is that evil force of enshittification that locks your media to a device or ecosystem as a means of protecting authors and destroying interoperability. Naturally, authors are keen on protecting their works from rampant copying, […]
This year was undoubtedly the one for the numbers freak in your life. Christmas day is said to fall on December 25, 2025 or 25/25/25. For the vast majority, this is just a mere coincidence that will never occur again, but for the meme creating numbers freak, this is nirvana. This all began last year […]
In a most unusual move, Meta has decided to update its flagship Windows desktop application as a web-based viewer, thereby making it slower, bigger, more memory intensive and worse in just about every way. And to top it off, Meta will just force you to use this new version. And this thing is a monster. […]