Author Archives: Rabid Wolf

A PCWorld post on their ‘Day 8′ of a Linux newbie day-in-the-life item made me do this. The article, by Tony Bradley, was fine, but reading the comments caused me spew forth these thoughts as I read through, so any … Continue reading →

I got this thing from my sister, as a sort of Xmas/B-Day present. Somehow, I feel compelled to write about it. FINGER PUPPETS (Unemployed Philosophers Guild) Axis of Evil Theatre Cast: Kim Jong Il Saddam Hussein George Bush Ayatollah Khamenei … Continue reading →

OK, Neither BrightHouse, nor MicroSoft can tell my Mother how to get a BCC option on a new Email she wants to send? As she says, after calling BrightHouse who sent her to MicroSoft. BrightHouse is the company whose employee … Continue reading →

This was building up before, but WHY, does EVERYTHING Fucking Hate ME? EVERYTHING! [compressed Swearing & Smashing here]Morons in market queues, on highways, work or play, it takes me Effort not to smash this keyboard into dust, but even THAT … Continue reading →

Sorry, old pal, but you gotta go. Six years of intermittent service. But you just refuse to run any version of Linux for which I can find an .iso download!  It takes you centuries to boot into WinXP, and with … Continue reading →

Ya gotta love Blog Spammers! I really loved this one. Get out the dictionary, folks! You’ll also need your grammar and logic suspension medications, too! (Oh, this will probably prompt more spam. Bugger.) One Alleged Comment: “Innovative, they studied to … Continue reading →

“Well, Sonny, I remember when we actually used to MAKE stuff around here. But they moved the making part, so now we are just supposed to BUY stuff.” Recently spotted news items, as well as personal experience, makes me worry … Continue reading →

I’m just thinking, is all. Net Neutrality, (ComCrap/NBC), Taking down whole sites on allegations by corporate interests. America in decline. The reason is we don’t make anything here, we only consume. We consume goods, people. Corporations (large, and getting larger) … Continue reading →

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Well, folks, this weekend in my condo complex I will be getting FiOS installed! Yep, no more ComCast! Almost 15 years for my internet cable modem, and 30 for TV (given all the buyouts – Cablevision to MediaOne to RoadRunner … Continue reading →