Musing

Complaining

I was going to say, “I hate to complain” but then I realized that wasn’t true. Sometimes I love to complain. Complaining is the motivator for change. The problem is to complain and then do nothing more. I think a complaint should be a personal call to action. I am talking about my complaints which by their very nature of being mine, are perfectly justified. I can’t claim that about OPC (other peoples complaints)… I...

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A Small Business Plan – for Now

I recently received a nice email from a visitor who read some of my blog posts and postings in my e-store regarding my thoughts about operating a very small business. He thanked me for opening his eyes about retail sales, especially marketing on the Internet. I am retired now from my real income source. In my last position I worked for a very large international corporation for over 17 years. During that period, I created...

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OneNote Saving Story

I usually don’t write directly to my blogs. Editing live  online within a web page has some danger. I have lost considerable work from touching the wrong key and having everything disappear from the screen. I forget the golden rule in computers which is to save constantly. I usually use Word  or OpenOffice to write my posts. They work fine but are a far more powerful tool than required.  I have rediscovered an MS Office...

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Slackware?

I reloaded Chrome on my Win 10 computer and all seems well for now. I use none of the Google services as all I am interested in is a fast browser that works simply as a browser. Google is one of those companies that wants to own and control my on line computer experience and in the meantime acquire as much personal information about me and my habits as possible. No thanks Google, Yahoo, FB,...

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