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'Watch' this...

I estimate the percentage of iPhone users versus 'the other phone' users to be as high as 70/30 and many most of them have an apple watch to go along with their setup. The phone rings and they look at their wrist. Most of the time, you don't h

Mankind's greatest inventions...

On April 10, 1790 the federal government of the United States enacted the fist patent statute. It was a concise law defining the subject matter of a U.S. patent as "any useful art, manufacture, engine, machine, or device, or any improvement there on

drone rules...

Some people buy drones and don't know how to use them. Here are some rules:

cellphone cords with the ability to hack...

I read a story today that people who charge their cellphones in public places are at a high risk of being hacked... especially if the charging cord or charging adapter isn't theirs. Hackers have found a way to manufacture iPhone charging cords wit

Does anyone else have this problem?

My Lap Top is a little old, yet, I keep it cleaned up on the insides. Fast enough to participate in the blogs. I can bounce around on here, crack jokes, and say hello. As soon as I start writing about conspiracy theroys or politics, my computer slo

Bang it around a bit...

I grew up in the era of Black & White TV and times when something electronic wasn't working correctly, it would require banging the side of the console to magically get things working again. Solid state technology changed all that... or did it?

How hard is it to change a SIM card...

I have an added feature with my phone carrier to notify me of potential spam calls and an enhanced blocking feature. For some reason my good friend John gets added to the blocked list. Several calls to tech support gets him removed and minutes later.

A big change in my life...

The computer mouse is an important tool in my daily life. I've tried lots of different brands of 'mouse-like' products including trackballs, joysticks, stylus pens and touch screens. Depending on the setup there are 4 workstations in my condo plu

When Bloggers die .....

Lots of us here are getting on a bit could drop dead or just have a stroke loose the power to tap out a message so what happens to the profile ? I see profiles here that have not been used for 3 or 4 yrs does it matter to people that when theyre goin

Your Opinion

Would it not be beneficial to all parties, Connecting Singles and Members, if Connecting Singles would incorporate an app similar to Zello to replace the Chatroom? Would it not help to make it so much easier discerning between a scam

Trump Is Starting His Own Social Media Platform Called "TRUTH Social"

Trump made it clear that his ongoing ban from Twitter played a big part in his decision to create his own platform By BRETT BACHMAN PUBLISHED OCTOBER 20, 2021 8:55PM (EDT) https://www.salon.com/2021/10/20/is-starting-his-own-social-medi

A little common sense sure helps

My home has a modern high efficiency furnace only a few years old and of course troubles so being the diy i am I made a go at it after studying the things sensors for flame on vacuum on excessive heat induction motor the condensation hoses from the h

'Watch' this again...

As followup to my 'Watch' this blog, about the number of people wearing watches that connect to their cellphones, I decided to buy a low-end 'fitness' watch just to check it's operation. I'm highly skeptical these devices could be accurate, at least

What Will Smart Homes Look Like Soon?

A number of technological traits will drive smart-domestic generation well past what’s available on keep cabinets nowadays. innovations in synthetic intelligence, as an example, stand to upend almost the whole thing in our lives, inclusive of our hou

Mingle2.com

Anybody know about a dating site call Mingle2.com? Two weeks ago I sign with that site and now I can't delete my account. The site is full of scammers and spammers.

Drone ON...

For years, I've been reading about Amazon making deliveries by drone. For the record, it's not perfected yet. Good idea or not, something on a large scale must get the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) which is the same government

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Internet helpdesk

Smart Phones

I recently replaced my Nokia Express Music with a Sony Xperia. I liked the Nokia; it served me well but it was grossly behind times. Mastering the Android system took a day or two and at one stage it had me so consumed that I though I woul

Lightening Siren...

I'm a half mile from the clubhouse of a golf course. On top of the building is a small weather station with a siren to alert golfers of lightening strikes. It's pretty standard in South Florida where bad weather can jump up in minutes. I've read man

Technical Difficulties...

Last night CS went offline, probably an hour or so. Trying to reach the site returned a page explaining Technical Difficulties with a Contact Link. I haven't seen any comments about it and curious if anyone used the link to fill out a trouble ticket

Spin Cycle...

One of my requirements of buying a condo is it had to have a washer & dryer within the unit. I shopped some communities where they had one laundry room at the end of the hallway serving all the occupants of that floor. That could be 10 apartments to

Fossil fuel fed electric power plants....

....ending their heyday?....Some (academic--so likely alt liberally biased-VERY biased) researchers claim that the costs of these operations will now be much greater than for renewable technical sources. Into the hundreds of billions of USD. Even tal

The UFO report

I just seen where a report by the government was due out by 6/25. In fact, I have been reading a couple articles about this report. It is theorized that the report will most likely not contain any sort of confirmation about aliens existing. The co

The US and UK's relations with 'Huawei' are going sour.

The US and UK are placing either restrictions or bans on 'Huawei's' development of 5G phone coverage in those countries. Are those actions to ultimately protect their network security or will the impact be far greater for the UK with the erosion of f

Life before the Internet

This is for young people who weren't around when there was no such thing as online anything. The personal computer wasn't even invented yet. Oh, there were computers, but you needed a forklift to move them and a college degree to be allowed near on

SpaceX scheduled to launch 60 satellites today...

Today at 3:30 PM EDT (12:30 PM PDT) from Cape Canaveral in Florida, with live stream expected to kick off around 3:15 minutes prior, SpaceX is putting 60 broadband satellites into orbit as part of their Starlink service to a total of 418 satellites m

Awesome Christmas ad 2019

Safe Connection

Safe Connection

Of All The Things To Change Over The Last 100 Years

Why hasn't shoe laces been done away with yet?......................

WHY THE ENERGY REVOLUTION IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITIES OF OUR TIME

https://powur.com/craig.lewis/news/why-the-energy-revolution-is-one-of-the-biggest-opportunities-of-our-time The energy revolution is one of the biggest opportunities of our time. If I had to start all over again, I think that’s where I’d put much

Who made CStonehenge?

.. because eYe really want to know... The Wall. } P Floyd. .thick as a brick. } Tull... Off the Wall. } Jackson

Connected but alone

This topic get me interest to write over here,”The topic connected but alone”. Technology is broad in our society to rely on and use every time to make our work convenient and fast. As a millenial the digital technology becomes high tech and useful

International short wave stations...

Still many broadcasting to many (developing) parts of the world. In dozens of languages. The cutbacks, with the internet, seem greatest in Europe and North Merka. But the (FINALLY) rising sun spot cycle index, making for improvements in reception and

PC vs iPad. Which platform do you sophisticated CS bloggers prefer?

Two hundred dollar cheapskate HP PC was on the Fritz. Windows 10. Luckily had time left on Walmart 2 year extended warrantee. Sent it in and hoping they can't effect repair so I'll get a check, like the one I got recently from homeowners' for a free

Microphone no longer working after skype update

Blast it skype insisted on doing another of its interminable updates recently and I've just found that I am no longer audible. Checked both my skype and pc settings and can't fix it. Can anyone give helpful advice? I skype on my desktop compu

Quad copters large enough to carry a pilot...

Different than my previous blog about a flying car, a quad copter is a large-scale drone with sufficient lift to carry a person and not be flown remotely. Toyota has a SkyDrive prototype and claim to be the first. That's not accurate as other compan

Social media...personal data. Kid with treatable cancer.

Sure, many say it's fun and costs nothing. But really? Facebook and most others ask quite a bit of us to join up. Huge personal info market for governments, businesses, scammers, etc. Why I avoid most of SM, and more and more folks are doing so. Fam

US Gov't Lab Develops Game-Change Battery Tech With Military & Green Uses

US Withholds Licensure From US Companies & Lets ChiComs Produce The Technology ... The story was 1st Broken a day ago by NPR ... https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1114964240/ne

A. I. Benefit or problem ?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – AI has the potential to both benefit and harm the U.S. in unknown and unimagined ways but Congress has hardly any experts on the rapidly developing technology, lawmakers told Fox News. "AI is going to help us in many ways. It c

Cellphone HELL...

With all the phones, tablets, laptops and computers I go through, I should be used to upgrades/changes by now. Last week, I took delivery on the Samsung S24 Ultra with 1 terabyte of memory. It's their flagship model that boasts a 200 megapixel camera

Windows 11 free upgrade for Windows 10 owners.

Apparently, the release from Microsoft will start tomorrow, but will be done in waves. This means that it might not be available for your machine until later. The free upgrade should be complete by mid 2022. For more info see; https://www