Tag Archives: technology

Gentlemens’ club plans cancelled

Posted on November 26, 2017 by T.Rob

In which I try my hand at the nightclub business and am firmly rebuffed. Continue reading →

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On the durability of ephemera

Posted on May 25, 2016 by T.Rob

If 30 years ago a merchant had told me “We’re sorry, your shopping cart no longer exists” it would have freaked me out. I don’t have a screen shot of the message I just received because it wasn’t until after … Continue reading →

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A career in Tech Support

Posted on February 23, 2015 by T.Rob

Anyone who is even moderately geeky soon becomes the Tech Support person for all their tech-challenged friends and family.  My professional friends are all pretty tech-y and know this all too well.  But I also have a foot in the … Continue reading →

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Solar Roadways is funding – and why you should care

Posted on May 16, 2014 by T.Rob

Scott and Julie Brusaw of Idaho came up with the brilliant idea of embedding solar cells into roadways.  Even with the meager conversion rates of today’s solar cells and even in the more Northern regions where the incident solar angle … Continue reading →

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Net Neutrality – Part 2

Posted on May 1, 2014 by T.Rob

In my yesterday’s Net Neutrality post I wrote “For your ISP, a packet is a packet is a packet.” In another forum, Howard responds: Speaking as an ISP engineer, no, it isn’t that simple. Set aside preferential charging of source … Continue reading →

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Net neutrality for the rest of us

Posted on April 30, 2014 by T.Rob

Net Neutrality has been framed as a debate between corporate giants who can well-afford to pay to publish their content, and rightly should.  But that’s a straight-up lie.  Let’s try a thought experiment, shall we?  Imagine the public outcry if … Continue reading →

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Facebook explores emergent behavior, invents bully-bot

Posted on April 28, 2014 by T.Rob

Has anyone actually been successful getting Facebook to enforce its own Terms of Service?  Because I’m striking out left and right.  Oddly, the people having success seem to be the ones abusing the reporting process.  In his book Out Of … Continue reading →

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Small business frozen in Carbonite

Posted on December 26, 2013 by T.Rob

Dear Carbonite, I originally purchased the Carbonite Business service based on the strong recommendation of Leo LaPorte and the product’s ability to let me manage my own encryption keys.  Although this feature is advertised heavily on Leo’s various shows, it … Continue reading →

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La Cage Nut aux Folles

Posted on December 13, 2013 by T.Rob

Apparently I’ve been in IT too long because it doesn’t sound at all weird to me when I say something like “I’m supposed to get cage nuts with this.”  My wife, on the other hand, thought it was some new … Continue reading →

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Latest revelations concerning the NSA

Posted on November 25, 2013 by T.Rob

BREAKING NEWS! It was revealed today in secret documents leaked to this reporter that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is actually a division of Claus Industries, LLC, a company synonymous with its eponymous founder and CEO, Santa Claus. We … Continue reading →

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