The United States needs a unified effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic, specifically directed by the Federal government. First of all, we need leadership at the top. Honest, strong, and coherent leadership is important during a national crisis. Part of that involves following the guidelines set out by the organizations operated by the Executive Branch. Something as simple as following...
Celebrating 50 Years of Earth Day
Today we celebrated the 50th Earth Day at home because of the novel coronavirus. I acquired wildflowers to plant throughout the yard to encourage native insects to thrive. But enough about me, this is about the Earth. The best way to celebrate it is with a speech from Carl Sagan called “The Pale Blue Dot.” From this distant vantage point,...
Upgrading from CentOS 7 to CentOS 8
I decided to upgrade my install of CentOS 7 last night. It’s old and ready to be put out to pasture. So I found instructions on how to make the process happen. It took a while to work my way through them, and of course I had problems that didn’t match up with the instructions, even though my CentOS install...
WebDrive Strikes Out Hard — Back to ExpanDrive
I had been using WebDrive for the trial period and I was impressed. In general, performance was better than ExpanDrive, and it was a lot more stable. The trial expired, and I was about ready to make the purchase when something odd began to happen. Whenever I saved a larger executable to my OneDrive with WebDrive, Windows Defender would detect...
ExpanDrive — An Overpriced Disappointment
If you are like me, and want to connect your cloud storage to your local machine, you inevitably go through all the different options available to you. First you try the cloud provider’s tool, which works better in some cases than others, and then you go out looking for a third-party tool that does it better. Unfortunately for me, I...
CrashPlan The Once Shining Beacon for Backup… Has Fallen
Four years ago, if you would have asked me which backup service I would recommend, I would have said CrashPlan in a heartbeat. Possibly even faster. They were economical, offered great service, had great plans for families, and were reliable. I have suggested the service to numerous people, and have used it myself since 2012. Well, that has changed. Slowly...
SimCity 4 – A Short Review
SimCity 4 is the last great SimCity game. If you skip SimCity: Societies and SimCity (2013), you won’t be missing too much. In fact, you may be better off never having dealt with them. So let’s jump right into it. I’ve been playing SimCity 4 since 2003. The region I have been working on has been in existence nearly as...
11/11 – Veterans Day
Let’s take a moment to thank those who worked hard to keep our country safe! Thank you veterans!
TikiWiki – Cool But Buggy
I have been using TikiWiki for years, and for the most part, it’s been a stable platform. Unfortunately, within the past six months, some of the features I have been using seem to have regressed to the point where they do not work anymore. In particular, I have Perspectives set up along with Workspaces so that way specific parts of...
DOTA 2 – Back Again
Oh DOTA 2, it’s been quite awhile hasn’t it? Over three years since the last time I played you. And yet here I am again, waiting to play a bot match again. So much has changed, and yet so much has stayed the same. I have almost 1,000 hours of DOTA 2 time logged on Steam. I played it back...