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I am sorry for writing the previous negative post about Hostgator. I realize that they work very hard to maintain their systems and to provide excellent support. I took them for granted and got upset about one thing. I did have to change the “push mail” settings for the Android mail app “K9” which I…

I love when I read those interesting, creative tips on lifehacker.com. Today I would like to contribute one I came up with: Ever had a belt where the end of the belt, while you are wearing it, is so long that it droops down? Most belts have a loop to hold the end in place.…

In Campbell, California a 59 year old man was riding his bicycle perfectly legally along the shoulder of a road when a 21 year old woman crossed over the shoulder and hit the man, killing him. She fled the scene, which warranted a news article about the incident, in which a district attorney said: “There…

Last week astronomers around the world were blown away as the by far strongest gamma ray burst ever recorded by human instruments was witnessed.  Here on Earth what registers as a little blip on specially designed instruments which perhaps most humans on Earth wouldn’t even comprehend is, almost 4 billion miles across the universe, a…

No, I’m not talking about vehicle transmissions. For me this started years ago when I met someone, a very noble person, who told me that she washes all her clothing by hand.  She is one of the closest beings to an angel whom I’ve ever met and her telling me that made a strong impression…

I am trying to get information about traditional japanese door knobs.  They are not really door knobs, more like indentations made out of metal and with floral embellishment and used to slide room dividers open and closed. I put in the search phrase “japanese traditional door knob” (without quotes) and what is the result?  Go…

I got a new used ZTE Avid 4G phone today.  It is the first Android phone I’ve ever had.  I already have an Android tablet but that is different. I just found instructions for rooting the phone.  It was very easy.  I am also making the root file available here for convenience sake.

There continues to be tension over claims of sovereignty of the islands called Senkaku in Japan, Diaoyu in China, and Tiaoyutai in Taiwan. It is possible that armed conflict will result which would be grave and senseless. Taiwan, China, and Japan should agree to set their boundaries right at the islands. There is a region…

I just found this driver online for the Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family which Intel chose to orphan by not releasing Windows 8 drivers for. This effectively means anyone with a laptop with this (or any of these other) graphics chips cannot upgrade to Windows 8. I can’t understand this either since Windows…

UPDATE: Please see this more recent post for more up-to-date information about this issue. One major annoyance with the Windows 8 “upgrade” on this Thinkpad was the reduced functionality of the TrackPoint driver which actually removed the usual three choices for the middle button: scrolling, magnifying, or neither. Scrolling has always been the default but…