My new favorite thing is to play the song, “You’re the Best” from”Karate Kid” while Windows Updates are running.
Let’s make Windows Updates inspirational again!
Using Android and Google Maps as a trip planner for an 1,100-mile (2,200 round-trip) road trip left a bit to be desired.
Read on, to find out why…
Perhaps we can explain Santa’s magic using higher spatial dimensions.
https://youtu.be/fVgZ3HJ7v7U
Thought for the Day
Every Decade Has a Letter.
Each of the last three decades had a “letter” that defines the branding of online services:
1990’s: “e” (Electronic)
- eCommerce
- eMusic
- eWeb
- eSearch
- ePortal
- eOnline
- etc…
2000’s: “i” (Internet)
- Apple products: iPhone, iTunes, iPod, etc..
- iWeb
- iSearch
- iPortal
- iOnline
- etc…
2010’s: “x” (???)
- xWeb
- xSearch
- xPortal
- xChange
- xOnline
- etc…
I hereby predict that the 2020’s letter is “q” (quantum / quick):
- qWeb
- qSearch
- qPortal
- qOnline
- etc…
Thought for the Day
There is a special place in hell for whomever designs the packaging for children’s toys.
What began as an apparently simple task ended up as a trip down the rabbit hole.
Read on, or just download here.
Guns are a pure expression of physics.
In addition to bad gun physics, movies and TV tend to depict handling or firing techniques that wouldn’t work, wouldn’t be effective, or could even be dangerous.
Bluestacks used to be an ‘OK’ alternative to an Android emulator for PC. Now, it’s just crap.
Selecting Tax Software, 2017 (Tax year 2016):
Do you need to file a State income tax?
- Yes: TurboTax Deluxe
- No: TurboTax Deluxe
Selecting Tax Software, 2018 (Tax year 2017):
- Pick a Kanji pictogram
- Convert it to ancient Chinese
- Speak it in hushed whispers to Cthulhu
- Cthulhu will, in turn, flash a gang sign to the ancient Egyptians
- The ancient Egyptians randomly pick a hieroglyph
- The hieroglyph has nothing to do with anything
- Pick some TurboTax edition at random
- Pay $30 more than you planned.
It’s rare to find a tool that’s simple, small, versatile, and useful.
It’s even more rare for me to realize that I had been staring at such a tool for years, and never realized it.