Author Archives: Kevin

About Kevin

Just an old guy with opinions that I like to bounce off other people.

The NSA can read my hard drive

At least I think they can. Through information recently leaked, we learned that Microsoft has partnered with the NSA to make Hotmail, Outlook and SkyDrive content available to the NSA without warrants. The SkyDrive service when running on your local … Continue reading

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I love SkyDrive

There are various file sharing apps besides SkyDrive: there’s iCloud and DropBox too, but I’ve settled on SkyDrive because it integrates so nicely into the Windows file system, and the new Windows 8 tablet apps. It’s available for the iPhone … Continue reading

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PayPower Travel Card: Powerful bad idea

I thought it was a good idea, get a prepaid debit card for my trip overseas. If it’s lost, nobody can get a hook into my regular credit card accounts. I looked around and found one called the PayPower Travel … Continue reading

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Upgrading to Windows 8.1 on Microsoft Surface RT

I’ve been anxiously awaiting the final version of Windows 8.1 for my Surface RT. I had the Windows 8.1 Preview, but it has some bugs. So at 7:00 AM sharp this morning I was trying to get the new version … Continue reading

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Bizarre “product review” of Kindle Fire at gutenberg.org

For some time now, the popular public domain eBook site gutenberg.org has had prominently displayed on its home page something labeled: “New Kindle Fire Review Before you buy: Read our Webmaster’s review of the new Kindle Fire.” The summary of … Continue reading

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Olive Tree Bible Software

I’ve used Olive Tree Bible Software for a long time, longer than I can remember exactly. What I want to emphasize about this company is that they have been consistently there to meet my needs. Every time I come up … Continue reading

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Lunarpages web hosting: avoid

I’ve been a customer of Lunarpages for a very long time, so long that I can’t really say how long. I know it’s been since 2006 because of date stamps on some files, but I think it’s really since the … Continue reading

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