Category Archives: Subterfuge

Messy Times

My cat seems to spit up a hairball every so often. Other times, she gets mad that her kitty box is not empty, clean to her standards, or has other issues and then lets us know her displeasure by giving … Continue reading

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Linux versus Windows Smackdown

Oh yeah. So Linux ain’t ready for the desktop. Others say it just ain’t ready. Others say Windows is easier, faster, cleaner, and it has all those great modern graphical user interfaces to guide you through all the hard parts. … Continue reading

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Been there, done that

Today I stopped at a nearby Starbucks to take advantage of the free wifi and truth be told, get away for a short time from office, family, other stuff. Starbucks is an escape for me for the most part so … Continue reading

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Suddenly its today

Amazing how the time flies. Hours, days, weeks, months. Age is not a graceful way of dealing with age. Time seems to crawl when you’re young and then it speeds up to the speed of time. You’re caught in the … Continue reading

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What do the Windows Users Do?

I’m always wondering what I’m missing. Here I sit with Ubuntu on a laptop and Debian and Ubuntu on desktops running 64bit processors. I have a Windows 7 box on a Shuttle PC. It only runs a 32bit OS but … Continue reading

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Why Linux is Better

I use Windows 7 every day folks. I start it up, I start Outlook 07 up. It gets my email. I sometimes edit Word or Visio files in it. It logs into a MOSS server I have rights to. I … Continue reading

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When Good Travels Far

You have to pay it forward my daughter tells me some days. The good you do will travel if you pay it forward. I asked her, since she is an 11-year old, and ultimately intelligent; what happens if you are … Continue reading

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MAC Update at almost 800mb

So what is in this update that takes up almost 1g of data? I will speculate in my usual subterfuge style: It includes the entire iPhone OS so you can run iPhone Applications on your OSX box. Except for sexy … Continue reading

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Windows Seven dot Oh

So, I am somewhat impressed with Windows 7. Truth be told, I have found only two uses for it in my daily existence. It runs Outlook in the Outlook Anywhere mode for me in VirtualBox and it lets me use … Continue reading

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The I in the McPlace

I’m not a Apple fanbois. I gave away a third generation ipod touch to a office colleague. I have a 160gb ipod classic which never is even used. So what apple device will I use? I will use my older … Continue reading

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