Category: Technology
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Community Service Announcement
And boy, are we ever going to serve you. We’re going to serve you right… I listen to the old-folks radio station of an evening…it has music and news and the occasional embarrassing silence when the announcer is out of the studio booth for a pee and the record finishes. All of the announcers are…
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How Do You Know When To Pull The Net Plug?
A recent email from a net financial system that I’ve used in the past set me wondering. It asked me to supply my date of birth. Something that they should have known long ago – I did not do so directly, but went to the main website and through the complex chain of identification –…
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Pre-Order For Delivery In The New Year
We’re not going to specify which new year. There are any number of them celebrated by different cultures in different places. If we are cagey, we can get your order…and possibly some of your money…and then supply the goods whenever they arrive without technically breaking faith. Stop laughing, or start, if you’ve not begun. Then…
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No Is A Perfectly Good Word
And no is the answer to my last self-enquiry. I will take my refusal in good heart – I won’t be making YouTube videos. I’ve looked at the degree of complexity required, calculating the amount of time that it would take to do the job decently…and concluded that it would place a strain upon my…
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Do I Really Want To Start Making YouTube Videos?
I asked myself recently. I almost said yes, as I could see an opportunity to talk uninterrupted for ten minutes at a time. As you get older you grow translucent, and then transparent, and people do not see you there. If they do, they do not talk to you…especially if you can do nothing for…
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The Razzinator
That was my father’s slang term for a radio…or wireless, as it is known in Australia. We have had them as long as I can remember. The first bakelite tube kitchen set is hazy in my memory but I do remember the large Motorola radiogram that followed us from house to house in Canada. It…
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GPD Statistics For The Suburban Economist
The GPD Index – also known as the Dan Murphy Equation – is one of the prime indicators of stress and/or sanctity in the Perth suburbs. Other offices measure the average income, crime statistics, or ethnic make-up of the metro area and try to predict where the state and council services will be needed. The…
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Julia37 Likes Your Post
It is easy to recognise the bots who infest my email account with fake likes. They all have a plausible girl’s name and a number after it. Occasionally it will be a man’s name but not often. The email will have three unrelated posts attached to it and a standardised picture of an attractive young…
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Icon Puzzle
There is a news service built into the iPad I use for portable internettery that has puzzled me for years. It’s the icon of a white square with three red slashes in it. I looked at it from both horizontal and vertical orientation but couldn’t make out what it was meant to be. Most icons…
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Reality Smarts
And smart reality smarts big-time. Most of you are reading this column on an electronic device. Elder Schmidt and Elder Dunkelbier in Pennsylvania may be the exception…however there is only so much humour allowed amongst the Brethren anyway and it doesn’t do to laugh whilst milking. But the elders do get a chance to read…