10 tips for the PERFECT Yard Sale
Ask yourself why you’re having this yard sale. To make extra money? Or to clean out some clutter?
Talking about data destruction with Paul Davis
This was a Facebook live video from Oct. 15th. Paul Davis had me on to talk about destroying your data. For data destruction, you really should check out your local municipal waste centre. They normally do handle e-waste and data destruction. Do no donate the hard drives.
Gaming PC vs. Editing PC
I’ve been thinking of getting a new PC. Currently I use a 2015 Macbook Pro 15″ i7 to edit my Youtube Videos and record my podcasts. I also use a variety of mixed computers for work, writing these posts and just surfing. I’m actually writing this on a sBookPro which is one of those computers … Read more
Retro Computers in movies
I grew up in the 80’s and some of my first memories that fascinated me was from movies like Wargames, Weird Science and Superman iii. All of them involved these supernerds Then there were the video games movies like The Last Starfighter and Tron. They all captured my imagination and sent me on a journey … Read more
the HOWTO for buying a used laptop
What to look for when buying a used laptop. This is part one of a several part series. There will be more parts added a I find time to write them down. I don’t know if you are aware of this or not but I buy a lot of used computers. A LOT Not only … Read more
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The death of Craigslist
I used to be a big fan of Craigslist. That was back in 2005 or so. Just before I started using Facebook in 2007. I was using it to buy and sell bicycles at the time since I was into cycling more then. I also used it to buy and sell lawnmowers that I fixed … Read more
Unpopular Opinion on CoVid-19
This is going to be an unpopular opinion on CoVid-19. First, I do think that the virus is serious and deadly. I was watching it back in December when it was in China and back then, I was thinking that if North America doesn’t think this is coming then they will have a surprise really … Read more
I’ve worked from home since 2003
Hard to believe how long it’s been since I started working from home. It started because my office was 40 minutes away from my house and I had a very unreliable car at the time. I mentioned it to my boss at the time and I was on 100% commission in sales so there was … Read more
Linux in the workplace
It’s 2020 and time for Linux to shine in the workplace. If you’re sitting behind a desk and reading this at work, you may not realize that a good part of your companies network already runs on Linux though. The webserver hosting your website, that runs on Apache which is a Linux based OS built … Read more
Shopping for a new phone
So it’s official, I’m shopping for a new phone. I just bought a used iPhone 8+ last spring. I paid over $600 for it. A sweet (Red) edition with 256GB of storage and it worked beautifully.. at least until I dropped it several dozen times. The last drop involved that stupid camera bump on the … Read more