Category Archives: Technoid

Thoughts about technology and its effect on us.

So much for that theory

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Gryphon

I am not happy. I spent $29 on diagnosis and $70 on a new main board for my desktop system and it wasn’t the main board after all. That means it must be the CPU that died. That’s annoying because … Continue reading →

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I Did That and It *Worked*

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Gryphon

After over 35 years of working with computers, I am not easily impressed. But this weekend I saw something that astounded me. My main computer suffered a catastrophic hardware failure and would not even start to boot when powered on. … Continue reading →

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Playing With Tech Again

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Gryphon

Recent circumstances have obliged me to pay closer attention to our web sites and associated blogs. In the process of doing that, I realized that our sites have been running for years now on the same hosts and that it … Continue reading →

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More Browser Heresy

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Gryphon

As an engineer, I try to be thorough when I investigate something. I therefore felt the need to try Edge, the replacement for Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer has been so awful for so long that I really couldn’t believe that … Continue reading →

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I hope this isn’t the end of an era

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Gryphon

Mozilla Firefox has been my preferred browser for a long time now, and I have stuck with it despite its increasingly serious issues with security and stability. But we have passed a new threshold and I have been forced to … Continue reading →

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Back to an Old Theme For Now

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Gryphon

I switched to the Catch Evolution theme a while back. I’ve gone back to Twenty Ten for now due to what I consider an intolerable misfeature in Catch Evolution.

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The End of an Age (and the Beginning of Another)

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Gryphon

I have been using computers of one sort or another since 1979 and I started playing with Linux around 1999. Since then, I have held the hope that some day Linux would be able to replace Windows on at least … Continue reading →

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Here’s Looking at You

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Gryphon

We all know that our web browsing is closely watched by people who gather data about our browsing habits and choices. We accept this as part of internet reality. But do we know who is watching? How many snoops study … Continue reading →

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