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31 Jul 2022 2 minute read 1 comment valo
Technology is amazing and the rate at which it evolves is mind blowing. At home I have multiple items that used to be common but nowadays are obsolete. Well, this sounds like I'm really old. Sadly I haven't held punch cards in my hands, though I woul...
23 Jul 2022 1 minute read 7 comments rah
It's the weekend so today's post is lightweight and fun. It's actually a short article I wrote some time ago as a classroom resource but you might enjoy it anyway... When I was 11 years old I got my first computer as a Christmas present. It was 19...
11 Jul 2022 4 minute read 1 comment bengy
I'm a nerd... I love my electronics and my devices... and I take pretty damn good care of them (unlike my wife and kids...). Anyway, My beloved XMG Fusion 15 had been playing up for a while... with the boot SSD being undetected at BIOS, which me...
4 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
So, my beloved gaming laptop... an XMG Fusion 15 has been on the fritz. A corrupted SSD boot disk appears to be the problem, either that or a borked motherboard. I'm definitely hoping for the former, as a motherboard/connector problem would mean...
17 Jun 2022 6 minute read 0 comments bengy
I've now had a week and a bit to put the Steam Deck through its paces whilst travelling and also while at home... and I have to say, in general... I'm pretty damn impressed! It isn't the perfect package yet, but the benefits far outweigh the dis...
15 Jun 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Well... all I can say is this was a bit of a self-inflicted problem. A year or so ago, I had problems booting from my SSD in my laptop... and at the time, I was considering doing a fresh Windows install, as I was wondering if it was a corruption...
19 Mar 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Joe Rhino
How can you tell when your computer is about to break? The problem will be obvious before it crashes and refuses to switch on, or before it flashes large warnings about how your data is now secured. Here are some frequent symptoms that your computer...
23 Feb 2022 6 minute read 9 comments Destiny_
Privacy is one of the fundamental right of everyone. But maintaining privacy on Internet is not an easy task. Your IP address, your digital ID, even the icons will leave your digital footprint on the Internet. Surely, most of us think that it does no...
14 Feb 2022 3 minute read 1 comment lingy
Today we are going to take a trip back in time, and see a little about a technology from the 90s, which was used to build environments similar to today's web pages: Gopher. Gopher is a protocol that serves to make the equivalent of today's websites (...
12 Feb 2022 4 minute read 1 comment Destiny_
Most of the sites in today's world will ask you to Sign Up before using their site. Why? Well they will try to customize and feed you with the stuff they think you will like depending on the way you have been using their service. Nothing wrong with t...
