As a supporter of the fantastic free (open source) operating system Ubuntu (a common variety of Linux), I like to help the community with (hopefully) some useful info. My Ubuntu posts so far seem quite popular — and supporting free […]
Open Source Software like Linux is a great way to get an idea of what humans can accomplish — and provide for free — outside a corporate environment. Of course, there are a few changes for those switching from Windows […]
In recent decades, fuelled by the need for never-ending economic growth in the post world war 2 economic paradigm, science has become "soft" or "semi-science". Modern science increasingly fails at decoupling scientific facts from separating, political or private motifs. Important […]
This may help some people: Here is how I got a new mobile broadband connection to work with Huawei E173. It replaces my older Huawei E230 which had no separate antenna. Don't forget to put your SIM card into the […]
One of the consequences of decades of growing corporatism — governments in bed with large corporations — is the unbelievable power of the pharmaceutical industry. Decide for yourself if the following statements are likely true or at least could be […]
Electronic voting machines have the potential to destroy any democracy quickly and silently. By handing over the power of the people to the hands of a few corporate or governmental insiders the potential for fraud is obviously enormous. Imagine a […]
If you have just become a member of technorati.com, you are probably trying to get your new blog some visitors and can hardly wait. Although becoming a member is easy, the last step involving the "claim token" (mine is HDRERA3EZ6FC) […]
Some printers simply use ink just to clean their printer heads. This already adds significantly to ink consumption. Moreover, the wasted ink accumulates in the so-called waste cartridge. NOw, here comes my point: Instead of telling us to empty or clean […]