After quite a bit of thought, I’ve placed the high quality audio version of John Smith – Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars up on Youtube. You can read the first few chapters here. The HQ version of the audio book is here. If you are unfortunate enough to have HughesNet, ViaSat, or any other data capped Internet service provider I suggest you listen to the Standard Quality audiobook version as it will be … John Smith – Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars – AudiobookRead more
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It’s Time to Boycott BestBuy Out of Business
It’s time to boycott BestBuy out of business. Really this is a follow on to my previous boycott post. Some little Keller MBA put together a spreadsheet for FedEx “proving” how much money they would save by eliminating all customer service and it’s time for we the consumer to put every retail business using FedEx out of business. Honestly, it is time for all of us to be surfing over to Top Class Actions and … It’s Time to Boycott BestBuy Out of BusinessRead more
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Beware Abusix
I imagine most people are victimized by Abusix without even knowing it. Whoever you use for a hosting company makes the stupid decision to use Abusix instead of a good spam filter like SpamExperts and suddenly you can’t communicate with people. Thankfully, my host, GeekStorage, uses SpamExperts. Yes, I’ve written about hosting companies and GeekStorage in the past. It’s a topic that keeps coming up. Gmail Never Gets Filtered What stuns me about most anti-spam … Beware AbusixRead more
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Debian 13 No shim_lock protocol
You just finished installing Debian 13 on your latest computer and at first boot the system tosses up an error message about “No shim_lock.” Yeah, it sucks. What sucks worse is all the “advice” you find online for work arounds. Other distros may have polished this particular turd. Secure boot is basically there to stop you from installing anything other than a Microsoft product. Despite all claims to the contrary this seems to be the … Debian 13 No shim_lock protocolRead more
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Bundles – Newegg’s E-waste Disposal System
Beware Newegg bundles! I’ve been a Newegg customer for years, decades (plural) probably. Not anymore. Today they lost me for life. They deliberately bundle shit RAM with a clamshell you have to cut open so you won’t have original packaging to return the product in. Then they deny a refund when it dies in just over 24-hours. This is not the first E-waste disposal bundle Newegg has shipped me over the years. The product in … Bundles – Newegg’s E-waste Disposal SystemRead more