Ramblings of a Luddite Geek

  I long for the good old days when a company would lay off its workers. When revenue was down, a company would eliminate the excess workers...

Recently I completed my one thousandth game of Wordle.  Here's a screenshot of my stats:   I win nearly every game I start.  The win per...

As I wait for the Vice Presidential Debate to begin, I’d like to remind you that we have more than two choices. Here’s a list of some candid...

Today, on Labor Day, 9/2, our second dog was euthanized. I was given his ashes four days later, in a sturdy, handsome, lustrous wooden box, ...

Eleven days ago, the CDC reported that a recent outbreak of Listeria most likely was due to Boar’s Head Liverwurst 1 . Since then, Boar’s H...

We lost electrical power when a line of severe thunderstorms swept across our state.  When the power came back 18 hours later, I was surpris...

In my first post about Wordle 1 , I introduced my strategy of starting with “STEAM.” Then I went on to describe word choices if I guessed ...

Here's a Wordle devoted to Towel Day. You can find out more about Towel Day here: https://www.towelday.org/

LudditeGeek chats with Copilot … Hello, please tell me what you think of the term "Luddite" Certainly! The term “Luddite” origin...

You might recall that my starting Wordle word is STEAM, that my strategy is to enter guesses that end in Y, and that I like to choose words ...

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...