Time was when you wanted to watch trains you went to a railroad crossing near you, or at least to a railway near you. I can remember doing this with my grandfather over 60...
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Well, Rogers Mobile has some special sales on now to introduce their Ignite Unlimited wireless. Although we have been a customer for decades, up till now we have had only one wireless phone. We...
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It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a Blue Jays Baseball Game Live at the Skydome – er, Rogers Centre. This picture from July 31, 2003 marks the occasion. The Jays lost to...
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Last year I wrote a post about using Cloudflare in this blog. Things were going well until recently when I encountered a problem uploading images larger than 1 MB. A typical photo from my...
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In a time where most people are using their smartphones to surf the Net – and the average smartphone gets replaced every couple of years – it seems almost laughable to use an 11...
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Our main desktop PC is an old timer. We got it in 2012 when it was time to replace an aging Dell that ran Windows XP. Even in 2012 the mini-tower Acer Veriton M...
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Train simulator games (a.k.a. Train Sims) are a form of video game – but they differ from your normal Grand Theft Auto or Fortnite in several ways. Train Sims are yesterday’s news. The most...
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Many seniors in my neighborhood run some form of PC with Windows installed on it. And they always complain that after a while the computer has slowed down. They never seem to be able...
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The days continue to get shorter as we approach the Winter Solstice. By now the sun doesn’t come up until 7:45 AM and it’s setting by 4:20 PM. We have a little snow out there,...
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I know, I know. Walmart has been playing “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” and “Holly Jolly Christmas” since November 1. But I haven’t. In the car, I dodge most of this dreck with...