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Friday, June 7, 2024
Monday, March 11, 2024
Thursday, August 31, 2023
PowerShell Defense Against Ransomware
This video explains what you can do about it
and why it's important to do something about it
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Monday, August 21, 2023
Russia says lunar lander has crashed
Russia says its Luna-25 lunar lander has crashed into the moon
Russia's first moon lander in 47 years has crashed into the lunar surface, the country's space agency reported on Sunday (Aug. 20).
The Luna-25 lander, which Russia had hoped would land at the south pole of the moon as early as Monday (Aug. 21), crashed into the moon after an orbital maneuver went wrong yesterday (Aug. 19), officials with Russia's Roscosmos space agency said.
"At about 14:57 Moscow time [on Aug. 19], communication with the Luna-25 spacecraft was interrupted," Roscosmos wrote in an update on Telegram today (in Russian; translation by Google). "The measures taken on August 19 and 20 to search for the device and get into contact with it did not produce any results."
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Moon landing Anniversary
Walks on the Moon
Image Credit: NASA |
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Friday, January 27, 2023
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Saturday, November 26, 2022
Lunar Flashlight
Launching 30 November 2022
Lunar Flashlight
to search for frozen water on the permanently
dark side of the southern pole of the moon
Monday, November 21, 2022
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Friday, November 11, 2022
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Friday, October 28, 2022
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Don't Charge Your Phone Overnight
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Republican lawmakers are in full on attack mode against all Trans folks
One of the bill's sponsors said it's 'insane' that kids can have a gender identity 'when it is illegal for them to have sex... |
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she supports Jan 6 rioters because trans kids have rights:
She says she's the victim of the mob she helped to instigate...
Monday, October 17, 2022
Friday, October 14, 2022
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian
The Herschel Walker Exception
Why do Republicans say abortion of any kind is wrong
but support a candidate who has paid for
abortions for his girlfriend/s
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Saturday, October 8, 2022
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Focus on Ability
A friend I've known for 12 years Leanne Froese and her husband Dale are in this video for the Canadian Institute for Inclusion & Citizenship and Inclusion BC. This is a very important work program in Canada to help get disabled individuals into a productive workplace to encourage inclusion and independence in our everyday lives.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Friday, August 5, 2022
The Curb-cut to nowhere
The introduction of the ADA act happened in 1978 (Thank you George H.W. Bush) and 44 years later wheelchair drivers are still being thwarted by barriers built into construction. Curbs are the worst. Sudden drop offs that wheelchair drivers can't get over.
Saturday, July 30, 2022
Computer System Update and Network Upgrade
I am getting ready to do a major computer system update and upgrade.
Revamping the computer shelf is the first step. I have to make room for more equipment on my shelf
What's going on the shelf?
- Another desktop tower for testing other Linux operating systems and testing disability specific software in my endeavor to build the perfect fully accessible computer system.
- a NAS (Network Attached Storage) for access to all of my information across multiple devices without cloud storage
- a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) so my main desktop computer and router can remain on in a power outage. The breakers in my building aren't the best and trip off often.
Thursday, July 21, 2022
A gift of a UPS
The gift of a UPS
I know you're asking, isn't UPS a shipping company? In this case the answer is no. A UPS in computing terms is an Uninterruptible Power Supply.
I was surprised this morning to be told there is a big box in the lobby for me. I wasn't expecting any deliveries so I was confused but low and behold there was a big box with my name on it from Amazon. No indication of who it was from or what was in the box. With some difficulty I got it back to my room and opened the big box to find a slightly smaller box inside (shown below). This particular UPS has an Amazon price of almost $200. What a fabulous gift to receive, especially for a compu-geek like me.
Unboxing to follow
Saturday, July 16, 2022
COPY/PASTE VS CUT/PASTE
I made a big boo boo on my computer yesterday.
I was moving my video files to a larger storage drive. Without even thinking about it I just started to cut and paste the videos to the new drive. Right in the middle of a 51 video transfer the breaker to my room tripped cutting the power to my room. That meant "BYE BYE" to those 51 videos.
When you cut and paste files the cut files are held in the computer's buffer till they get copied to the new location then they are purged from the buffer.
Had I used "COPY" instead, the files would have remained in the old drive and I would have not lost a single one.
Lesson learned.
Monday, July 4, 2022
My PC Background
my latest Linux operating system
EndeavourOS Artemis
right click that image and click
'Save Image As'
Saturday, July 2, 2022
The Bitc.... Beast is back
I am very happy today 😀
As you might have read in a past post my main computer, The Beast has been down for a week awaiting a new motherboard. I got it a few days ago and that evening I did a complete rebuild. With the help of my cousin together we were able to install the newest build of Linux Arch EndeavourOS Artemis with the Gnome and Cinnamon desktop environments. That is the real beauty about the Linux system. With Windows you get... well... just Windows. With Linux you get many choices and flavors that you can mix and match to get the system you really want.
Anyway, on Thursday the 30th of June The Beast was back up to it's full glory.
Introducing The Beast 3.0
Monday, June 27, 2022
Disastrous Morning
I woke up this morning thinking today was going to be a great day then I started to make my morning cup of coffee.
That's when the disastrous day began. My Fabulous Keurig coffee brewer bit the dust. No coffee for me for the next 4.5 days till I can get the brewer replaced.
Wish me luck
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Technological Distress
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Doing good in the neighborhood
I have been a long time chatter in the Disabilities-R-us chat room. A great place to go when you need to talk to others with disabilities. No, this is not an advertisement. The other chatters there have been very beneficial to me over the years to help me maintain a good personal outlook seeing past the disabilities and being able to express the me inside.
I got the opportunity to return the kindness through peer counselling a new chatter in the room that is having pretty severe depression. That is one of the many reasons for the chat room.
It is a world wide chat so there are a world's worth of viewpoints and ideas to help people through most disability related issues.
If you have a disability or just want to check out the chat, stop on by by clicking the link below. Click the 'Enter Chat Room' button, create a nickname and come on in.
I guess it did turn into an advert.
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Posting when I remember to
I'm back;
I had some pretty severe computer issues but after a total rebuild with a new
- Motherboard
- Cooling tower and fan
- USB PCI card
- Replacement SATA cables
Friday, April 29, 2022
INTERNET WOES HAVE BEEN FIXED
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Forced to alter my online activity:
I have been forced to alter my internet activity because of the internet service provider (ISP) outages plaguing my area. Internet access is spotty at best. Until they get the issues fixed my blog updates will come sporadically.
Updates to the blog:
I have added a new RSS feed from NASA's Astronomy Image of the Day. You can find it on the left news feed at the bottom. Clicking the links will open the images in a new browser tab.
Coronavirus Lockdown:
The facility I live in is still on lockdown because of the new infection rates in my area. Now that Arizona has ditched the daily new infection reporting and started reporting weekly we are using the weekly average which has yet to reach the number needed to release the lockdown.
See you in the next post.
Thursday, February 17, 2022
I finally got past my Google site access problem. What was my Google site problem you ask? I'm so glad you asked. Everyone has been recommending people use a VPN for internet privacy and that's a good thing but with everything there is a down side. Google has started blocking VPN access which blocks VPN users from accessing any Google service which kept me form posting to my blog or editing my website. Enter "Tor Proxy"! Using a Tor Proxy negates the need for a VPN and gives you a static virtual IP.
The results are in from my sleep study. It is confirmed that I have sleep apnea. I have an upcoming appointment with my Pulmonologist to discuss my options other than a C-pap machine. With my severe claustrophobia, having my face covered is not an option.
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Medical Transportation woes
My medical transportation woes continue. I finally got my sleep study done after being rescheduled 5 times, mostly because transportation never showed up to take me.
The first one was cancelled by the sleep study without informing me which left me with no ride home so I had to drive my power chair 11.4 miles in the middle of the night.
Second time: Transportation never showed up to take me there.
Third time: I got a Covid infection and was put on quarantine for 10 days.
Fourth time: Transportation refused to take me without a negative Covid test on file.
Fifth time: I got to the study and through the study but transportation was a no show to take me home. Had to drive my chair the 11.4 miles again to get home. At least this time it was day time.
Oh the woes of relying on others to get where you're going.
Thursday, February 3, 2022
One day I'll get the right day for posting
Friday, January 28, 2022
Wednesday blog on Friday
I know, I know. I'm two days late with this post.
Things have been rather weird here. The internet is still going in and out but only in the AM. I'm guessing it's waiting for the coffee to kick in. All we can do is go with the flow.
I finally got my Linux virtual machine to work right so now I can run programs designed for Windows in my Linux Mint. I should say my cousin got it to work right.
I got a scare when I found a lump on my left leg. I saw a dermatologist about it and it is just fibrous tissue, nothing to worry about so I'm not getting it removed. Diabetes makes it far riskier to have it removed.
See you next Wednesday