My Linux laptop has arrived. It’s a Galago Pro from System76 running Ubuntu. I got Vivaldi installed and everything is running well. The speakers are okay but nothing great. The build feels more solid than my Windows machine
Russia’s largest search engine, Yandex, warns it might not be able to pay it’s debts. Yandex is one of the few search engines remaining that have it’s own index.
Russian Diplomacy: “When the only tool one has is a hammer, one tends to treat everything as if it were a nail.”
3 GOP US Representatives left off burning Golden Books just long enough to vote against a non-binding resolution in support of Ukraine. IMHO there is a Fifth column within the GOP working for Russia.
Putin has cornered himself.
Russia expected the Ukraine invasion to be a cake walk. All they have succeded in doing is exposing just how weak their forces really are to the world and particularly China.
Looking at news portals to get an overview of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Yahoo! News is significantly better than MSN news. BBC News Live Coverage is very very good.
Hmm, Putin says he wants to get rid of Nazis in the Ukraine. The only Nazis I see are sitting in the Kremlin.
Last night I had to use my new Acer Windows 10 laptop on an important Zoom meeting and the microphone would not work leaving me mute 4 the meeting. Today, I’m going to seriously look at Linux laptops
Ukraine: What are Russia’s Attack Routes? In case you wondered.
My favorite privacy search engine Mojeek has added search choices. These are buttons on the bottom of the search results that let you repeat the search on a different engine. Lets you try Mojeek 1st. blog.mojeek.com/2022/02/s…
Somebody from China has figured out how to game Twitter. My timeline is now filled with “You might like” Spam all in some language I take as written in Chinese. Dudes, whatever you are selling, I ain’t buying your shit.
I really hope e.foundation @e_mydata can expand their offering of phone models in the US. Especially with a 5G phone. A US version of Fairphone 4 would be really cool. I’m happy with my /e/ Samsung S9+ but will eventually need to upgrade.
The other part of the USA cell phone problem are the 3 major cell carriers: Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. We allowed too much consolidation in carriers and they have a stranglehold on what cell phones the mass public gets offered.
It’s a shame Windows Phone, BB10 and webOS phones failed. While none was privacy oriented at least they gave users options from the duopoly of Google Android and Apple iPhone.
Yeah, RSS is going to save me. I can’t keep up with my Micro.blog timeline and I know I missing so much. Fortunately, Vivaldi browser has a RSS reader (beta) and I’m going to start exerimenting with it by subscribing to blogs.
It’s Frozen Pizza Friday. Tonight it will be a supreme pizza, because I shoveled lots of snow today and I believe in the rewards system.
Hot dog stir-fry is legal, right?
I’m stunned. The #Scorpions have a new single “Rock Believer” out from their new forthcoming album by the same name. Can you believe Klaus Meine is 73? Sounds fantastic. Great song. www.youtube.com/watch
Putin’s nightmare is he has to play whack-a-mole with uprisings in one ‘Stan after another.
I don’t care if it’s 2022, I still hate vinyl house siding.
Repeat: New Rule: All flat surfaces must contain an advertisement.
Brilliant Marketing Idea #1: Pop up ads on the LED screen in your car! You can thank me later.
Git ‘er done file: Got my 3rd Covid vaccination shot today.
Somehow, somewhere, people have come to think that they are, individually, in charge of gov’t, what others say, what they do and what they are allowed to think. It’s like everyone has a Napoleon Complex.