I recently was handed a DreamWriter 100 to fix for use by an elementary school class. It looks like this: I removed the old Ni-Cad rechargeable batteries that were inside of it (I suspect it also has the charging circuitry, so it could recharge batteries inside of it), and put in alkaline AAs. However, a…Continue Reading…
I like posting comments on Slashdot that get moderated to Score:5. I’m especially pleased that some people though it was Interesting.
I’ve completed my first semester of college. Audrey is on break, now, too. Amy has another week, though. It’s nice to have no school weighing down on me. I’d been sleeping in, but this morning I woke rather early: around 8 am. I guess that’s a good sign. I like to wake early. It provides…Continue Reading…
Since I’m an AdSense publisher, Google sent me an awesome little Christmas gift. This is an assumption, however, because they didn’t include a card or note. But it’s addressed to my name, so it’s surely for me. The box says: “From your friends at Google”. Everything came neatly packed in a stylish red zippered book-like…Continue Reading…
I went to my friend Steven’s house and fixed his computer. The problem was that a virus infected wininet.dll, and thus Norton Antivirus deleted it. Windows can’t work without it. Only the Task Manager would open, whether you tried a regular startup or Safe Mode. So I did some File -> Run’s and poked around…Continue Reading…
My dad had some old software lying around: Astound, a presentation software that was big in 1994 and ’95. It came on floppy disks or a CD-ROM. And it came in a big box, plastic-wrapped, and a thick cardboard box inside. Then it struck me: old software actually filled the box. Inside the big box,…Continue Reading…