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66% of online Republicans and 58% of online Democrats think that the internet is full of misinformation according to a recent article on ZDNet.
Well, Sherlock comes to mind here!
Of course the internet is full of misinformation. Thing is information isn’t the truth anyway. It’s only a series of events or happenings from one persons viewpoint. [...]

The Irish have embraced the use of cloth bags to carry their groceries, encouraged by a 33-cent tax on each plastic bag grabbed at the register, I read this in this morning’s New York Times.
What I find almost amusing, if it wasn’t a serious issue, is this whole concept of recycling.
When I was a kid, [...]

Out went this old Westell Modem. I dunno if it works even, but I don’t suffer DSL here, I have to tolerate Comcast instead. Anyway, the clearout goes on!
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Another hard drive that’s been lurking around for 3-4 years. At the time I thought something with IBM on it might be more reliable, but it failed after a few months - just out of it’s warranty. In fact, it was still new enough that I’d not practiced what I preach, and backed it [...]

A neighbor gave this to me. I didn’t have a burning desire for it (excuse the pun), but it did come in handy as a spare desktop CD burner, until one evening, a CD I put into it decided, with a hell of a noise, to shatter inside the drive, in a million pieces.
It [...]