Category: GoodAdvize

Electoral Boogie. Pick a dance, and perfect it already.

If you take a really fuel efficient car, convert it to electric power, then install solar panels on the roof, what do you get?  3 good ideas that won’t get you to work. That’s what we have for our Presidential…

Toss these technologies

Any avid ‘technophile’ knows it’s pretty easy thinking of reasons to get new gadgets. What about discarding technology, though?  Looking through my hardware junk drawer, recently, however (junk room, actually), I realized a few of my devices have not only…

Tricks for Taming Gmail

Another functional post. With my continued anxiety with the news in Europe, just not in the mood for creative writing. Lucky you! So, here’s some ‘good for you’ gmail tips to make your day. Unless you know it all. You’re…

Online Security Tips

This post is completely my own idea, and nothing to do with shadowy certification authorities that reward blog posts about online security with continuing education credits.  Probably. Maybe. Ok. That’s actually why… Still. Long time readers will know that I…

So you need a VPN?

Don’t worry. I’ll keep this short. The 3 primary reasons for wanting a VPN are access to region-limited content, information security, and obscurity. Depending on which combination brings you to read this, there are a few good options which I…

How to be stupid

I have always highly valued the approval and acceptance of others.  Yet, despite my best efforts, I say stupid things on occasion. Ok, a lot. Sometimes, however, someone calls me on something stupid that I’ve said.   My immediate reaction,…

A New Party

Here’s the working premise of this post; If you wanted to design a successful third party, what would it look like?  This is NOT what I would want in a political party, though some of the views might (or might…

Jon Rubinstein will not to read this.

With the stunning success deafening cricket cacophony of my last tech post, naturally I’m returning to the form to explore the fascinating world behind the technologies most of you take for granted, and none of you apparently want to read about.…