Ramblings of a Luddite Geek

The letter from my ISP stated that it would be installing optical fiber. The letter encouraged me to upgrade (warned me, actually) because ...

Org-mode comes out-of-the-box with Agenda views for these time spans: Day, Week, Fortnight (aka bi-weekly, but why?), Month and Year.  Oddly...

LudditeGeek chats with Anthropic's Claude Hello, please tell me what you think of the term "Luddite" Here are a few key poin...

I heard the news today that, “Neuralink, the neurotech startup co-founded by Elon Musk, announced Thursday it has received approval from the...

On April 1, 2023, Luddite Geek chatted with the AI bot at You.Com . Here's what transpired: Hey there! How can I be of assistance? >...

Here's what I found at the bottom of a bottle of lotion -- the pump tube ends about an inch from the bottom!  I have enough to last for ...

Here’s the scenario: You buy new a computer for the first time in 10 years. Then you hook up your scanner to scan a document and find that t...

We’re supposed to have faith in self-driving cars. Yet we can’t seem to prevent two trains from colliding. This is a reference to the Mar...

Way back in 2017 I wrote an introduction to CLCL 1 , the clipboard manager that I prefer.  That post described how to add the supplementary ...

There are two comments related to the previous post: The blood draw wasn’t scheduled for the next morning. It was for the following morning!...

Tonight I prepared for a 7:20AM fasting blood draw. Here’s how. I have an outstanding balance with the lab, so I decide to pay it online and...

Windows 10 computers are missing the “Open Command Prompt Here” on the shortcut menu. You can find a registry change online that will bring...

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, I was getting ready to practice social isolation. I’ve always had an aversion to crowded spaces, and I b...

 The capacity of my kitchen garbage can is 3.2 gallons, but I usually buy ordinary 4-gallon trash bags for it.  And I resent having to buy t...

The modern Outlook status bar no longer shows the number of selected items. So some folks suggest that you select items and simply press Ent...

A medium load of laundry had been taking over an hour to finish.  When I watched the tub fill with cold water, it looked like effluence from...

I’m losing faith in our institutions. First example is how the Federal Reserve thinks it can get inflation under control by raising interest...

Here's the scenario... You've put considerable effort into eliminating "outlier" rows from a data table.  Now, you want to...

I used to get head colds and sinus infections in Winter.  But now, thanks to modern air conditioning, I can  suffer from them in Summer, too...

The cap on a bottle of liquid laundry detergent doubles as a measuring cup. Most brands instruct the consumer to "fill to line 1 for ...