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Revisiting “Gadgets you can keep”

Posted on September 3, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Back over 10 years ago, I wrote a couple articles responding to various technology “predictions” wherein authors made an attempt to predict what tec...

Technology

It’s about the adapters

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Last year, I felt it was time to join the 4K bandwagon. Not for 4K gaming. But photo editing. And the desktop real estate. Why photo editing? Two reasons: 4K (3...

Technology

More stupid technology predictions

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I really wish that writers would stop creating lists of “obsolete technology” that is based entirely on what they personally use. I first responded ...

Technology

Hosting a mail server on a home network

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Before diving deeper, a preface. This article will not be discussing how to set up a mail server. Mostly. Instead I’m going over some of the complications...

Technology

Fix this, SunTrust Bank

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I have a page up top for listing contact information for reporting phishing e-mails. SunTrust Bank, however, has their e-mail server set up in a rather weird wa...

Colony West/Technology

Proxmox VE vs VMware vSphere

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

If you’re seeking to get involved in anything computer-related with the intent of making it a career, two concepts with which you really need to be famili...

Colony West/Technology

OpenVPN on Docker

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

A self-hosted VPN is a simple and secure way to access your home or small business network. For small businesses, this is a great way to set up a VPN connection...

Capitalism/Technology

Apple’s battery woes

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Recently Apple confirmed that its iPhones slow down as the battery degrades. A lot of people have taken this to mean that Apple is trying to force people to upg...

Technology

You need a UPS

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Last night, some strong thunderstorms came through the Kansas City area. The power flickered a lot, and momentarily went out. My wife’s computer (“A...

Fourth Amendment/Supreme Court/Technology

Revisiting the Fourth Amendment and passwords

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

After posting the previous article, I decided to dig around a little more to see where the idea originated that passwords are protected by the Fifth Amendment a...

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