Author Archives: Kevin

About Kevin

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

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

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Kevin

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

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Kevin

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

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Kevin

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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Windows RT 8.1 Preview with Outlook 2013

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Kevin

I got the Windows RT 8.1 Preview for my Surface RT mainly because of the irrational belief that new is better. This tablet for me is an experiment in the first place and the update is just more opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Windows update error 8024402C

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Kevin

I finally did figure out the Windows Update failure that I’ve had forever. I was getting Windows Update error 8024402C and I tried every suggested solution I could find (Microsoft Fixit, Windows Upgrade Preparedness Tool, editing registry entries, deleting xml … Continue reading →

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Confused about Windows RT?

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Kevin

If you read the tech press, you’ll find lots of people criticizing Windows RT, and more likely than not, they will say that they are “confused.” OK, I admit that I was initially confused when I got my Microsoft Surface … Continue reading →

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DAGI Capacitive Stylus Pen P602 for Microsoft Surface

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Kevin

Naturally I wanted to try out drawing on my new Microsoft Surface RT. I have some fat rubber styluses, but I wanted something better, but I wasn’t willing to buy the pricey styluses just for the Surface. I tried eBay … Continue reading →

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