The (Other) End of the Internet

Welcome back!Most users of Windows will agree that, while Windows XP runs quickly when it’s just been installed, it tends to get more and more sluggish as time goes by. There are many people who are of the opinion that Windows should be wiped (no pun intended) and re-installed from scratch every six months or […]

While we were enduring the power failure last week my brother came up with an interesting way to cook meals. We were blessed with a wood-burning fireplace with an insert that we were able to cook on. My brother didn’t have such a convenience and, because necessity is the mother of invention, he devised a […]

Recently I got the chance to fiddle around with Ubuntu Linux and I kind of like it. I liked it enough that I’d like to install it on my desktop machine so I can actually use the real thing instead of a live CD or a virtual machine. However, I’m not sure I like it […]

I spent a good part of this morning working on setting up another blog I intend to start maintaining. I’m not going to give out it’s name or URL yet because at the moment there’s nothing there.
This new blog is going to be specifically about cameras, camera accessories, and photography. My wife found a wordpress […]

I’ve spent quite a bit of time recently trying to learn how to make it impossible for someone with a laptop to park down the road from my house and use my internet connection and any shared resources I have on any of these computers.
Here’s a quick summary of what I’ve learned:

DO NOT use WEP […]