Tag: computers
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Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 2024
I swear, I did not plan to buy anything. I only wanted to gaze at the tech. But I got…itchy.
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Why Cybersecurity Feels Like Bullshit
After the gazillionth data breach in a few short years, with the same experts and agencies always weighing in, I wanted to write a little something about where things stand from a layperson’s point of view.
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Rescued LG Monitor for TRS-80
I’ve been looking for a dedicated monitor for one of the TRS-80 CoCos (Color Computers) I picked up a couple months ago.
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100% Free and Open Source ThinkPad
I’m writing this post on a ThinkPad T480, running only free, open source software. Why is that interesting or important? I’ll explain.
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Another HP Fixer-Upper
I swear, I don’t have a thing for HPs. In fact, I never buy HP computers new. It’s just not my thing. They make some cheap laptops that are fine for students and the average home user. And that’s not me. But whenever I see an HP in the wild, I have a strong urge…
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Shutting Down the Main Reactor…
As we prepare for our Big Move, I keep having these “doh!” moments where I suddenly remember something important that needs to happen.
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Why fedora is My Favorite Distro
I’ve been running on Fedora for about a month now and so far it’s my favorite distro. I don’t know why I hadn’t seriously tried it before. But now it’s going to be my go-to for any new system I use.
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Windows 3.1 is alive
I went down a rabbit hole this weekend and found myself looking at a download of a Windows 3.1 ISO file. I haven’t used Windows 3.1 since Windows 95 was released. It was the first OS I used as an adult. When I was stationed at Ramstein AB in the early ’90s, our supervisor had…
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Giving an HP Pavillion Laptop New LIfe
How it Started I saw an ancient HP laptop languishing on a table at a swap meet. I felt a strong pull from The Force that I had to rescue it. It’s an HP Pavillion dv6000, made around 2007. At the time, HP marketed it as an entertainment powerhouse, but even at the time it…
