I'm a Cheapskate, Too!
A while back, I berated and lambasted a woman for wasting my professional consulting time and not wanting to trade her professional graphics time in return. Well, Karen, you're still a cheapskate!...
View ArticleWine Critics All a-Twitter Since 2007
More interesting than friend and follower numbers are join date, the number of posts and the number of lists. For perspective, I've added some bloggers who probably don't answer to the name 'critic'....
View ArticlePlease, Don't Hire Me
Once again, I found myself vetoing a gig because in the initial discussions - free advice - we met with defensive arguments at every suggestion and comment. If you're considering paying someone for...
View Article15 minutes to uninstall Teleport and buy and install Synergy. Synergy is less...
15 minutes to uninstall Teleport and buy and install Synergy. Synergy is less powerful, but it has one advantage: it works. Teleport stopped working. I should have known better than to allow the...
View ArticleExperience Skype to the Max with Jim Courtney
It's vuc534, this week with "old timer" Jim Courtney (@jimcanuck) Join us! http://vuc.Me
View ArticleLost 30 minutes reprogramming the time in our old Oregon Scientific...
Lost 30 minutes reprogramming the time in our old Oregon Scientific projection clock. The display is broken but the projector still works with time and temperature. The clock no longer syncs (radio...
View Article24 Hour Celebration of 8 Years of the VUC
This Thursday, April 2nd at 12 Noon Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), 12 Noon EDT, 1900 GMT, 8PM BST, 9PM CEDT we are celebrating the beginning of the 9th year of VUC, our weekly interactive conference and...
View ArticleNew Google Feature: Review Dinner at Friends and Neighbors Homes!
Announced April 1st, this is a brilliant attempt to stay relevant in 2015.
View ArticleTech wasting time: the Fit app wasn't showing any minutes at all. After a lot...
Tech wasting time: the Fit app wasn't showing any minutes at all. After a lot of forum posting and tests, rebooting the phone finally worked. I hate to reboot the phone for silly stuff, but since I...
View ArticleSideloading mobile OS, why I stopped
My first iPhone was an unlocked, jailbroken 3G, bought from Craig's List in the USA. It worked just fine until I accidentally updated the OS a year later. Then I found myself with a newly locked phone...
View ArticleI remember my first USB drive, it was 64MB - yes megabytes - and it cost over...
I remember my first USB drive, it was 64MB - yes megabytes - and it cost over $80. Seemed huge compared to the Zip drive!
View ArticleOnePlus One Microphone began to sound horrible on phone calls
Wasted one day on fixing my microphone on my OnePlus One. Turns out it was the first thing I expected it to be: dust. Here's what I Posted to OPO Forum
View ArticleSleepless in Technology
Too lazy to change the time zone on one of my devices. This bit me on the back last night. I woke up and looked at it to see the time. It was 11:45 AM. But because it's 9 hours ahead, I had to do the...
View ArticleBridging Things
Thought you might like to know that I have a stories site, a music site, there is a Wikipedia page. You can find some of my music on Soundcloud, on iTunes as well as on several streaming services. On...
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