OOP didn’t “click” with me until I started playing with ActionScript in Flash. Somehow the fact that I literally had another “object” that I could physically see and manipulate (in this case it was a rectangular paddle, as my first game was a four-corner version of pong) made all of the previously-abstract ideas about…

It’s a pity that the requirements sound a hair above what the old “netbooks” people probably have lying around will run, because this sounds like an ideal repurpose for them. They were nothing if not portable, and the specs were so crappy that you never ran anything but Internet and maybe Microsoft Word on them anyway.

Oh good. This might finally give my old RPi B something to do after I retired it as my Kodi-box in favor of a beefier HP Mini Stream

I have a family member in the film industry who swears by these. He claims the 7200 RPM is key to transferring footage quickly.

I have a family member in the film industry who swears by these. He claims the 7200 RPM is key to transferring…

On the contrary,

Diced tomatoes are what Costco sells, so that’s what I’ll continue buying, Serious Eats finger-wagging be damned.

Raw savings from having a roommate in D.C.: $578

No, Kinja, I am not buying another thing that uses the USB port on the back of the TV for power. You bastards already made me buy a Moho Leaf and a Chromecast, and those two are constantly fighting for it as it is.

No, Kinja, I am not buying another thing that uses the USB port on the back of the TV for power. You bastards…

If it’s 60 bits long, you have more than enough entropy based on length alone. Trying to run them together or add numbers/special characters for “added security” is just going to make it more difficult for you to remember.

We have a very thorough and self-reinforcing system designed to keep poor people poor. How dare you rise above your caste!

News Headline: Generous Old Man on Halloween Wonders Why Disproportionate Numbers of Hipster Show Up At Door

The last three months have been a total bust for the free games on PSN Plus. I renewed mine in June, but I do not expect I will be renewing it again.

The last three months have been a total bust for the free games on PSN Plus. I renewed mine in June, but I do not…

If I start to suspect I’m saying “um” too much, I think back to the final scene of The King’s Speech. His methods for dealing with stuttering work remarkably well for resisting the urge to say “um”: slow down, don’t be afraid to PAUSE between phrases, and stop feeling like you have to fill the air just because you’re…

That looks like the salad dressing bottle I bought from Target. The lid cracked after the first use.

Yeah, that’s kinda a big deal for me, as my daily driver is a Chromebook Pixel. One of the primary reasons that I switched from KeePass to LastPass was the Chrome extension.

Oh for ****’s sake...I just migrated all my stuff from KeePass to LastPass less than a month ago!

Since people seem to think I’m actually talking about my mother: if the original post was not clear, I work in Tech Support.

My company has a “business relationship” with Cisco. I use what I am mandated to use.

WebEx is the bane of my existence. Imagine your mother calling you with a problem with her computer, and she’s so bad at all things computer that trying to talk her through it is pointless and you instead opt to simply remotely access her computer. Now imagine that in order to do that, you have to get her to install…

This advice is far more practical, yet far less entertaining than the travel advice of John McAfee.