Ramblings of a Luddite Geek

Tissues that come in cube-shaped boxes, “aka “cubes,” cost at least twice as much per tissue than those in the rectangular-shaped boxes. Bot...

A kind reader suggested I share this cybersecurity resource for teachers: https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/teachers-guide-to-cybersecurity/ ...

A few weeks ago, I was working with an Excel workbook that had 18 sheets that were similar in structure. Half the sheets had names L1_1, L1_...

Soon after COVID-19 arrived in USA, infectious disease experts were motivating us to wash our hands. I’d hear (paraphrased) “It doesn’t mak...

The best thing that Democrats and Independents can do to keep Trump out of the White House is to register as Republicans and vote for Nikki ...

I wrote a few weeks ago about Wordle, and that my starting word is STEAM. 1 As well, I wrote that my strategy is to enter guesses that end ...

I’ve been enjoying Wordle 1 daily since before the New York Times. I like the game because of how little time it takes to play, and how re...

I went to a fight the other day and a session of Congress broke out. This is a take on an old joke, "I went to a fight and a hockey g...

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...