Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Category: Computer
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Break up with your DNS servers
Read More: Break up with your DNS serversWhen you sign up for an internet provider, like Earthlink, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner, Roadrunner, etc – the first thing you probably look at is the bandwidth that you’ll be getting. “7mbps down, 780kbps up” Sounds super, right? But then how many times do you type a URL in the browser, or even search for…
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eBay Spam
Read More: eBay SpamEvery time I buy something on eBay, I’m frustrated by how much excessive mail fills up my inbox with repetitive garbage. Yesterday I purchased a new keyboard. Here is a chronological list of the subject headers that have flooded in over 24 hours. I expect at least 4 more to follow: You eBay bid is…
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Things That BEEP [and i don’t know why]
Read More: Things That BEEP [and i don’t know why]The piezo-electric buzzer salesman is one of the most successful businessman of his time. Perhaps not economically, but he certainly got his product into more devices around the world than I personally would ever have wished for. The buzzer is a simple device – a piece of flexible crystal which flexes itself when an electrical…
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International Dvorak Layout
Read More: International Dvorak LayoutBefore my study abroad in Spain, I realized that I was going to be doing quite a bit of writing en español, and that this was going to require some new keyboard adjusting, since I didn’t feel like doing the alt-01249 key combinations to get characters like ñ € ó ç º ü ¡ ¿,…