Category: Background
Fixing Your Mouse Sensitivity in Linux
I'm sure that this isn't a particularly interesting subject, but if you've used Linux as a desktop OS you might just be interested.
I installed MX Linux 23.4 and began setting things up.
I love the OS, it's snappy and things work well. Most of the… more »
Are Polls Really Believable?
Obviously an AI generated image
Polls come out all the time. Trump is up, Kamala is down, it’s all over the place.
Usually the differences can be explained, but sometimes it’s not so easy. Recent polls for North Carolina shows that Trump is ah… more »
Vaccine Excipient Summary Where Art Thou

Ann Tomoko Rosen on her Substack "Why is the CDC deleting its list of vaccine ingredients."
As far back as at leas 2007, the CDC website had a directly linkable PDF, so people could go lookup what ingredients were in various vaccines that they, or th… more »
Automatic Toilet Bowl Chlorinator, Not Flush 'n Sparkle ®
When it comes to toilets, nobody likes cleaning them, or at least they shouldn't.
Many years ago I saw a product in the hardware store that caught my eye. It was called Flush 'n Sparkle, made by FluidMaster. It's a device for putting chlorine directl… more »
CrowdStrike Strikes First
July 19, 2024 will go down as the biggest “blunder” of the modern cloud-based Internet dependent world. ClowdStrike's Falcon Sensor “endpoint detection and response” (EDR) software was responsible for the "largest ever" IT outage. I had to make the Beak… more »
