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  • Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: R is for The Robots Really Will Win

    Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: R is for The Robots Really Will Win

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    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22718 – 968 Here’s the haps: Many of you know that, growing up, I was a bookworm. This worried a lot of family members so much that I was sent to the grandparents in the country frequently and one whole summer I spent on my uncle’s dairy farm.…

  • Missing Windows 95 & 98 Welcome Screens and Themes

    Missing Windows 95 & 98 Welcome Screens and Themes

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    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22613 – 927 Here’s the haps: Mrs. Herb was blessed with a brand new computer today. I don’t mind setting it up and making sure everything’s updated and working properly and all her favorite programs are installed and that the printer is ready to go. She does a…

  • Curmudgeonly Monday – WordPress Reader Comments

    Curmudgeonly Monday – WordPress Reader Comments

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    Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22095-665: Quite some time ago it was brought to my attention that people said they liked my blog but were having difficulty commenting using the WordPress Reader. I loosened up a bunch of settings and thought I had fixed to problem. Nobody said any more about it.…

  • Trying Microsoft Edge

    Trying Microsoft Edge

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    There are three tech sites that I receive newsletters from that I actually look at. You know, sometimes you sign up for just junk mail, well these sites are extremely helpful and if I have computer issues I check them first. They are all very competent with broad databases and…

  • Murphy's Laws of Computers

    Murphy's Laws of Computers

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    When using your computer, whatever happens, behave as though you meant it to happen. When you get to the point where you really understand your computer, it’s probably obsolete. The first place to look for information is in the section of the manual where you least expect to find it.…

  • The Y2K Scare

    The Y2K Scare

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    Twenty years ago, the scary, fearsome, and dreaded Y2K bug was going to destroy life on the planet as we know it. Chaos and rioting in the streets were going to wreak havoc. What that was all about was when computers started taking over the world, their programmers only used…

  • Defenestration Prevention

    Defenestration Prevention

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    Well, practice would make defenestration less likely if I practiced what I preached about backing up your computer and saving often and in more than one place. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I blew up my computer again. I was trying to do something with Windows 10 and wiped out my…

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“I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn, and a king / I’ve been up and down and over and out and I know one thing / Each time I find myself flat on my face / I pick myself up and get back in the race” Frank Sinatra – That’s Life
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