Since I was forced to write software that ran on Windows, I have banished it where possible. I was forced to use Windows for a while because my later employer used an MS exchange mail server, with a bootleg MAPI that only Windows could communicate with.

Andrew Keir was Quatermass in “Five Million Years to Earth”.

I use Tapatio instead of ketchup on burgers and other stuff. I have a bottle of ketchup in the cabinet for recipes that call for it. The ketchup is very old, I should check the expiration date and toss it.

I use Tapatio instead of ketchup on burgers and other stuff. I have a bottle of ketchup in the cabinet for recipes…

There is even a left-handed trackball:

There is even a left-handed trackball:

I will agree I have way too many books. Books that I will never read again, or have not read yet. And I continue to buy more books, to add to the pile.

Their feet are dirty because they have only had indoor plumbing for 2 generations. The washer is still the wringer on the porch at grandma’s, and they don’t get over there often enough to always have clean socks.

To administer the Heimlich Maneuver ? Never mind, I will go away now.

Finish working through “The Little Schemer”, so I can work on “The Little Prover”, and really learn howto use Coq.

My regret was waiting too long to scrap an Acer laptop. I had bought it refurbished, for really cheap, with a touchcreen and an AMD 4 core processor 3 or 4 years ago.

The only thing on Tumbler I view is “The internet k hole”. It has occasional boobs and nakedness. But it was the ‘70s, and we were high. Or drunk. Or horny.

The thing I like most about Fi is the transcription of voice mails into emails. I am on a computer more than a phone. I can leave my phone off, and get notified about calls. This is actually available with other carriers, by forwarding your voicemail to google.

Editor on duty:

There is a link on the Amazon page to another vendor, selling it for $38, plus shipping. I ordered one for my feral friends.

There is a link on the Amazon page to another vendor, selling it for $38, plus shipping. I ordered one for my feral…

Following the link produces a prices of $66. No Deal.

Following the link produces a prices of $66. No Deal.

You left out the part about carefully vacuuming and brushing the accumulated dust from the inside of the chassis, paying particular attention to fans and cooling openings.

Lung cancer or emphysema. I am smoking again, after being mostly quit for 10 years. The familiar, non-productive smoker’s cough is back, and I have lost the weight I gained when I quit. I hide in the bathroom, with the exhaust fan on, to smoke inside, at home. I burn incense to cover the stink.

One of our local NPR stations, WUOL, is doing a live performance of the script, by a local Shakespeare theatrical group:

Tonight’s news report said the Ky state hate crimes statute does not include murder as an act. So the offender will have to be prosecuted for murder, with premeditation, by the State, and the Feds will be able to prosecute for Hate Crime. Either way, he can be sentenced to death.

No, that’s not how IBM math works. System 38 became AS/400. Numbers always increase. 360 became 370, and 370 became 4300 or 390.

OS/3 ?