Aug-12-2025
Rhino propane tanks are not full!!
AOL Dialup Ending!
Losing our connectionion to Nature
Class action against Microsoft for ending Windows 10 Support soon
Reader View in Safari can Bypass Paywalls…
Using Safari, tap the icon of the rectangle with two lines under it to the left of the search bar and select “Hide Distracting Items”. Then tap the screen and tap hide until the paywall pop-up disappears and proceed to read the article.
Also– Disable Javascript ot use
Jul-29-2025
5th Tuesday of the Month show!
Age Verification for Rude Sites a nonstarter-
Done By State; VPN subscriptions soar.. as do photos of parent driver licenses, etc
The Evils of Prohibition and Unintended Consequences
Google now Preferring AI and veering towards consensus and therefore Gaming the System
SEM-METER Power for your House
A Little about WAZE app and GOOGLE Maps
July-22-2025
Don’t use third-party password managers
https://mashable.com/article/password-manager-breaches-lastpass-lessons-learned
Jul-08-2025
AirTag issues
“Unsecured” WiFi networks– is this a Problems?? how About Evil Twin??
QR code Fraud or “Quishing” is like Phishing: a Look Alike Site or Credetianl
that are not what they seem
with bogus stickers added to ads or at events
PG&E Fraud Increase due especially to recent changes in their payments system…
Pool pumps, after today’s Zentech. I found info about “Pump Affinity Laws”. I wasn’t aware of them. Power consumption decreases by the cube of the reduction in speed. ie: reducing pump speed by half causes power consumption to drop to 1/8th of original level. AMAZING!!! Keith Gebhardt
Mystery Tech Fails–
– the Backup tape (or Flash Drive) failed affected by a car heater on the way home
– The PC Desktop crashing exactly every 20 minutes in a small out of the way town
– the office computers that mysteriously slow down because unless it’s Saturday
no one can hear Dead FAn
– SMART Drive Hard Disk Test utility slow downs:
For MAC: DRIVEDX. For PC: CrystalDiskInfo
Fod SSD (More resaerch Needed) SSDLIFE
Weird Problems with PCS and MAC is attached to failing storage over USB
The X-Y Paradox, the 3-body problem and the 2 envelope problem : )
Finally Conway’s Game of Life Here are the Rules and a Demo
Finally:
Apropos Nothing:
He who controls the past controls the future.
He who controls the present controls the past.
Or, She, I guess. or It. Or They.
June-24-2025
New California state “Self Generation Incentive” subsidy for Solar and Power Storage-
Please check carefully when googling- Lots of Scams and “Sponsored” ads..
Above is a .GOV site, for example.
Denmark trying to save govt.employees cost fromOffice365 Subscriptions by using “Linux”
Likley many Developers from there- Plus, Hey, “Free” (GNU? Linux? OpenSource? …)
Does Windows 10 reach End of Life on October 2025?!
Saving power and efficiency in motors– “Variable Frequency Drive” as opposed to relying on USA 60Hz induction speed
A Bit about Electricity: Breakdown Voltage in Air 3000V/mm, 76,000 (76Kv) Per Inch when Insulators become Conductors
HOWEVER nothing less than 300V can bridge any gap– hence cable ratings BTW ‘plasma’ (a Flame) can easily conduct electricity even at low voltage ; ) which is how gas powered electrically ignited devices ‘know’ they are running!
Some of this knowledge led ATT to consider creating transistors….
Some Privacy Situations: The sheer inconvenience of a system locking out ALL peripherals such as USB devices
Carissa Veliz, Privacy is Power and Jon Fassman, We See it All as recommnded by an (Anonymous!) listener
Proteon Mail — IS it Secure? A little about Vigilant Optimism as opposed to paranoid schizophrenia