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Author Archives: Kevin
Switching browsers
I’ve been a Firefox user for a long time, too long to remember (and before that Netscape Navigator 2.0 and before that Mosaic). I preferred Firefox to Internet Explorer because it implemented cool features, like multiple page tabs and private … Continue reading
Undervotes in the 2014 South Carolina General Election
The Wikipedia says: “An undervote occurs when the number of choices selected by a voter in a contest is less than the minimum number allowed for that contest or when no selection is made for a single choice contest.”1 Undervotes … Continue reading
South Carolina’s Voter ID law
Before I discuss what I think of the law, let me tell you first what it is and what you need in order to vote in the November 4, 2014 election. South Carolina’s new Voter ID law went into effect … Continue reading
A call from the Windows technical department
I just got a peculiar telephone call on my house phone. A woman with an accent that suggested that she was from India or Pakistan, said that she was from the “Windows technical department” and was calling me about my … Continue reading
A couple of hummingbirds
I shot some video just now of a couple of ruby-throated hummingbirds at the feeder, looping and diving and just being amazing. Update: I switched this to YouTube as some folks were having problems viewing the native-hosted version. When viewing … Continue reading
Take two tablets…
In my continuing quest to find the perfect device, I bought a Surface 3 Pro (I5, 128 GB) today at Best Buy, along with the Type keyboard and a sleeve. My venerable XPS Dell laptop from January 2008 has been … Continue reading
Fix for OneDrive Application Error Event ID 1000
This started happening sometime in the last week and a half. I couldn’t turn on the Windows 8.1 option to make all files available offline. There was this message: "you can’t turn on this setting while Onedrive is being set … Continue reading