Same old… There is literally a ‘homeless highway’ that runs up and down the left coast. San Diego/LA/Vegas in the winter, summer in San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle… And this has been going on for well over 30 years. An … Continue reading
Category Archives: Random stuff
It’s GOOD for you, no it’s BAD for you, and back and forth… Now, they’re saying coffee is back to being ‘good’ for you (or tea if it has caffeine in it)… A recent study found that your morning cup of … Continue reading
Now it’s Android… Cloud security vendor Zscaler says customers of Google’s Play Store have downloaded more than 19 million instances of malware-laden apps that evaded the web giant’s security scans. Zscaler’s ThreatLabz spotted and reported 77 apps containing malware, many of them … Continue reading
Well, the Cracker Barrel logo fiasco is apparently over… Cracker Barrel said Tuesday that after listening to its customers, it will scrap its new logo and keep the “Old Timer” in place. “We thank your guests for sharing your voices and … Continue reading
I’ve had TWO critical iPhone updates in three days… A recently disclosed vulnerability affecting Apple products has prompted an order for government organizations to patch the bug. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) gave civilian federal agencies until September … Continue reading
Will the power for the data centers come from??? It appears that ‘some’ of the huge data centers planned with consume up to 5 Gigawatts of power. Who is going to provide it??? HERE was Google in 2017 talking about … Continue reading
I ‘did not’ expect this… italics mine… A funny thing happened on the way to once-Great Britain’s transformation into George Orwell’s dystopian Airstrip One: The renegade users of the anonymous 4chan forum got themselves legal representation and told British busybodies … Continue reading
Not! The plant-based meat company has reported falling sales and dwindling cash. The end was always inevitable for Beyond Meat, because being an innovator does not mean having a moat to protect your business. The pioneering company arguably created the … Continue reading
Finnish authorities have brought charges against the captain and two senior officers of a Russia-linked ship accused of deliberately damaging critical subsea cables in the Baltic Sea. In a statement on Monday, Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said they had brought aggravated criminal … Continue reading
Whew… What a couple of weeks… I made a promise to myself that I would ‘give back’ to the writer’s community by reading folks novels/stories as an alpha or beta reader. And I do that… But, I didn’t expect to … Continue reading