Author Archives: Kevin

About Kevin

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

Charter fights spam

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Kevin

Usually I’m critical of my Internet service provider when I can’t do what I want to do. In this case I was trying to forward email spam to a spam-reporting service. Charter Internet, who is my provider, blocked my sending … Continue reading →

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Oblomov

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Kevin

I am please to announce completion of my latest audio book, Oblomov, by Ivan Goncharov. When I started this project, I thought it would be a fairly uninteresting reading of an unknown work by a little-known author. That’s not how … Continue reading →

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Degen DE32 AM/FM/SW radio/MP3 player

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Kevin

This is an interesting little shirt-pocket radio available on eBay for under $30. It has a few nice features and some drawbacks too. The radio covers the US FM radio band as well as the low FM band (64-87 MHz) … Continue reading →

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Dealing with telemarketers

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Kevin

Here’s some plain talk about telemarketing. Lots of web sites offer advice, but it’s mostly useless. About the only thing you can do in the US is to register with the National Do Not Call Registry. Register your mobile phone … Continue reading →

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Russian literature audiobooks

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Kevin

I have embarked on a volunteer project with LibriVox.org to read public domain audio books. You can find the catalog of books that I have contributed to here. Because I studied the Russian Language in college, lo those many years … Continue reading →

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Sony slips in my estimation

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Kevin

Without a lot fanfare, the TV Guide™ On Screen feature on my Sony TV stopped working. It took a while to track down the information, but the fact is that this service for broadcast TV is going away, and already … Continue reading →

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Don’t be afraid

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Kevin

I really don’t understand people who are predicting the end of the world as they know it based on who wins the 2012 Presidential election. I was reminded of my trip to Dresden, Germany, earlier in the year. Dresden was … Continue reading →

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