I just finished another clash with my ISP (Internet Service Provider). It makes me wonder why I am putting up with their shenanigans. I was shut out from access to all my websites again. It’s another case where I had to do my own trouble shooting to figure out what was going on. As you can read elsewhere, last weekend I installed and started playing with a Technical Trial version of Microsoft’s WIN 10 operating...
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OneNote
I am thinking Microsoft OneNote may be a better way to maintain my rambling thoughts for this blog than writing using a Word document. My blog Word documents have usually been more like a text note than a truly formatted Word document. OneNote may be a far better tool. I won’t have a directory full of random Word docs. OneNote saves everything internal without using a save button. Another benefit is OneNote can live in...
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I gathered my silver casting work I still have around, and put it together on my work bench lamp base. So here is a group picture. It’s all 100% Sterling and 100% made in the USA (even the raw silver is from the USA) I am doing the wax work and the casting (lost wax process) and having a load of fun being creative. Silver price has been dropping so the investment in what is shown is not very...
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I have a home computer network. Duh! That should not come as a surprise. I have written many times about my computer escapades. I have had a personal network from the time the components were first available. My router/switch has a USB port where I can connect an external hard drive. I have never used the feature as I had no real need for a slow external hard disk on the network. That changed yesterday....
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