Kahomono - Still Lucky After All These Years

Random musings on whatever catches my attention that day

David F

Why 10?

I have a really simple question: Why is anyone running Windows 10? Resetting default apps and other (supposedly) user-controlled system settings every time the system updates is bad enough. Microsoft says it's a bug, but from Microsoft's point of view it looks a heck of…

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David F

Happy Birthday to My Honey

It's almost Jill's birthday in France, as I write this. Soon enough to be her special day right here! How many geeks have a spouse geeky enough so that we know we can buy them a quadcopter and a transparent 7-pin lock for picking practice,…

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David F

Weird but Wonderful

What do Bohemian Rhapsody and Rhapsody in Blue have in common beside the uncommon word in their titles? Not a lot, you'd think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-J_FatMnXY Scott Bradlee and Postmodern Jukebox are worth following on YouTube.

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David F

XKCD: 2009 called...

In a twist on a joke George beat to death in 1997, this was published in 2011: It's the mouse-over text that has people shaking their heads now. "2017 called, but I couldn't understand what they were saying over all the screams."

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