I wonder why it's called a 'variable'.

We used to use magnetic tape for arhiving data and avoided needing to delete it OR to pay ongoing costs for online storage.  It probably saved us lots of  money. ...

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I read this this morning when I woke up about 3:00 am and picked up my phone. It got me thinking and I mulled this over for the next hour....

My take on 'exit lines':  Don't say anything that might preclude you from being invited back.'

In my last position as a DBA the company was going through a downsizing/outsourcing period,...

Me too. It's weird, but I find the act of writing (not typing) helps me remember better. And I doodle to make sense of and plan things (like...

Some old tech that I wish would come back is people that actually know how to ask a question and then read the answer and act upon it correctly....

On a practical note, I have bought a couple of Denon 5-disc CD changers and these are great. They are also well made. And, given the price that Denon...

I prefer using vintage and antique sewing machines over modern ones. The youngest machine I have is from 2007 (Bernina 850 "sewing computer" as it's called in the manual),...

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"We still have mainframes and lots of older applications, but one piece of software I expected to see around was Lotus Notes. I know some people might still use it,...

This is so true.

How many of us look forward to finding a secondhand bookshop with old Kindle titles in it? With any luck, some brave person will have amassed...

Just a few days ago I was thinking about an old piece if 'hi-tech' that I had in high school days if I recall correctly.  I can't recall the brand,...

"fuel save pro   compatibility to ethernet in addition to Wi-Fi, and for that reason enable completely wireless operations and data ment. The consumer can switch the retrieved information by using...

Happy New Year to you, too, Grant.

I only ever made one New Year's resolution (many years ago), and that was not to make any New Year's resolutions in the...

Now for my annual exhortation to you all.  I'm sure you are tired of this...

Besides your career evaluation it is time for your after-career evaluation too.  Someday you won't have...

My year end evaluation:  "Wow, was I ever lucky!"  My IT career began in 1969 when my friend Robert Maple invited me to visit him at Bendix Corporation in South...

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