Targeted Marketing An “RD rant” about the ever-present and overwhelming amount of targeted marketing on electronic entertainment media such as cable TV, and SPAM email sent to me on my computer. I would disconnect my cable TV if it were not for my spouse who somehow can tolerate the constant barrage of all the things that must be purchased to improve our lives. I am sooo tempted to change my email address and “go dark”...
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The Science of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting requires a knowledge of the why and how of proper behavior or operation. I don’t troubleshoot human problems as their how and why is very complex. I do enjoy troubleshooting things mechanical because machines don’t involve emotion in their operation. At least not yet. Controls have been my specialty for most of my life. The last part of my working career was managing construction projects involving building (the structural kind) energy management systems and...
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I generally use MS Word to compose blogs and other documents. That’s because I have it. I also have MS WordPad which is free and a part of then WIN10 OS package. The problem for my general use of WordPad is that it does not include a spellchecker. I only use WordPad to read programming or system text files that contain simple formatting. Because text files for programming contain many unusual words and abbreviations, a...
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It sure is a good feeling when problems with my Internet Service Provider (the one that hosts my web sites) have stopped being my number one concern. I realized the move from one provider to another was necessary. Ixwebhosting, my former host had fallen far behind the curve with support-software updates. My sites were operating well but were threatened to get stuck in old release versions because the support-software required was not going to be...
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