I standardized on Mozilla Thunderbird email because I check email on both Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux machines. When first installed about 6 months ago, everything seemed to be working just fine. I filter all my many email accounts through pobox.com which has a great implementation of IMAP/SMTP and also a wonderful email spam filter. Then Thunderbird started doing the stumble-bumbling trick, of playing dead for minutes at a time. It would just sit there...
Continue reading...Office Suite Alternatives
Now that I am retired I have moved away from needing “real” MS Office suite tools. I do have MS Office 365 installed on my home “office” computer but I also have two equivalent “suites” of office software available. I am NOT doing any bashing. I like MS Office and they have a free on line Writer version in Windows Essentials. But it only runs in the Windows operating system. I use my Linux box...
Continue reading...Zombie
A backup saved my butt again. It is also the golden rule of computer data and programming. Save, save, save. I was just working here on my Ramblin’ Dan (.org) blog. I contribute to it quite often as I consider it my base of operations. It’s like a personal diary. I am not sure exactly what I did wrong, I had several things on my computer desktop open at the same time. I was poking...
Continue reading...September 18th
I looked out my window this morning and I noticed The turtle lineup on the far side of the lake. As you can see the water is very low and it exposed this concrete buttress where street storm sewers enter the lake. Perfect for turtle warming in the morning. So I grabbed my Sony and slapped on the tele lens. The ducks showed up a bit later just as the turtle party was breaking up....
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