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Anthony Burgess & The Flatulent Poet
Inside Mr Enderby is one of my favorite novels, written by renowned British author Joseph Kell and published in 1963. The book follows the life of F.X. Enderby, a dyspeptic poet who lives a solitary life of writing and intestinal eloquence until he is seduced by a…
Whining About Wireless
When you have a choice between running a cable and relying on a wireless connection, you simply must not consider them to be equal choices. The reliability of a wired connection…
Microsoft Apologizes For Problems With Hosted Exchange Mail Service
Microsoft’s hosted Exchange service wobbled badly this week, with an extended outage on Tuesday and more delays on Thursday. Messages were stuck in outboxes and there were long…
Why Did Samsung Turn Off The Windows 7 Search Service On The Series 9?
Previously: Enable Outlook 2010 Search And Indexing On Windows 7 I love my new Samsung Series 9 laptop even more now that I have finally put to rest the arcane issue that I…
Installing Internet Explorer 9
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Firefox 4 And Chrome 10 Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With…
Microsoft Online Services – Mail Delays
Clients with mail hosted by Microsoft Online Services are experiencing mail delays, both sending and receiving. It began this morning and apparently is a system-wide problem….
Installing Windows 7 Service Pack 1
If you have a computer running Windows 7, then you probably have seen a balloon popping up from the lower right corner alerting you that there are Important Updates waiting to be…
Happy Mother’s Day!
My mother Helen Berls has friends all over the world. Maybe you’ve met someone like her. You’re on a cruise, or visiting somewhere exotic on a tour, or standing in line, or…
LastPass Is Hacked – But Don’t Panic!
If you are a LastPass user, you may be required to change your master password. You will be prompted by the program if that’s necessary – for example, you may see the red…
Changes Ahead – Microsoft Online Services Turns Into Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft is sending out email notices to subscribers about changes ahead for Microsoft Online Services, the service providing hosted Exchange mailboxes for many of my clients….
Using Google Tasks For A To Do List
SUMMARY Google Tasks is a simple, free way to keep a to do list. If you have a Gmail.com address, you can click here to see a more useful view of the Google Tasks list. You can…
Wolfgang’s Vault Now Playing Concert Videos
One of the interesting mysteries of our time is how Wolfgang’s Vault has been able to stream live performances by hundreds of artists for the last few years, in an era where…
Samsung Series 9 And The Power Of Elegance
The Samsung Series 9 combines elegant design, advanced engineering, and uncompromising peformance in a stylish ultralight, ultraslim premium laptop. It stands alone at the top of…
Why A Computer Is Like A Ballpoint Pen
Fountain pens overcame early technical limitations and began to be mass-produced in the 1870s. During the next few decades there was a steady stream of improvements, technical…
What I Use
I updated the “What I Use” page on the bruceb.com web site, where I describe the hardware, software, and web services running the enormous Bruceb Consulting empire. Why in the…
Dropbox Fixes Security Issue For Mobile Devices
Previously: Sync Files With Dropbox Dropbox For iPad, Android Dropbox, Androids, And Security Dropbox Updated To Version 1.0 Sharing Files With Dropbox Last summer I put Dropbox…