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I once stayed at a hostel that had terrible Internet connectivity. This contrasted harshly with the generally good customer service provided by the staff and the otherwise excellent amenities. Read more »

There are people who mourn the imminent disappearance of Twinkies. I am not one of them, but I've had something to do with their advertising. Read more »

This morning, while cutting a tomato, I went through a rather strange experience, which prompted me to look at the business of growing tomatoes. Read more »

Not long ago, identifying a song involved a rather complicated process. Today, finding that song stuck in your head is an app install away.

For a long time I’ve been toying with the idea of running a TOR relay for my own privacy reasons and to give back to the community as well. Though my router and NAS (and possibly even my WD Live box) have enough chutzpah to run it, I prefer to use a very old computer instead for reasons of separation (security). For a while, I even considered buying a Raspberry Pi or some other similar cheap gizmo, then I remember I have a bunch of old computers I've never used.. Read more »

After wasting time and intense frustration, I have decided that waiting for videos of photos to upload to online services is not something I want to do from my laptop. I shall thus explore alternatives.. Read more »

After our salute dedicated to Microsoft Windows 7 milestone, it is only natural to repeat our welcome to Windows 8 RTM and answer the burning question “where can I get the ISO?” . Read more »

Now that we recovered passwords and we're in, it's time to do a little clean up of this older Win XP / BT5r1 box. Read more »