Anything new and interesting happening in the world of science and technology.
Good question and a lot of factors come into play. For me, I used a SATA to USB adapter. It supports USB 3.0, but since my computer only has USB 2.0 ports I was stuck with the slower USB 2.0 transfer speeds. Whether a USB 3.0 ports would make any difference in this situation or not, I couldn’t tell you …
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I guess it depends on what your definition of portable really is. For me it’s an app that will run from any folder or external drive such as a flash drive. It should not save any (settings, config, etc) files or what have you to your user directory/folder, or to your Windows folder …
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Recently I saw a survey that asked if you could unplug from your phone for 24 hours. The results at least so far surprised me. Over 65% said yes. Now I find that extremely difficult to believe. Maybe people just think they can, or were strait up lying because I don’t see that many people setting their phones down for that long …
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My host has a whole slew of PHP versions that I can choose from. Some of which are obviously out of date, and should probably be removed. Or, at least a warning about using older out of date PHP versions to power your website, but they don’t do that …
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Storing important documents and passwords in an online service or the cloud has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard of.
I don’t care how safe and secure they promise you that they are, it’s just not worth it. It’s not!
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Will all the various internet service providers eventually be maxed out in terms of download and upload speed that they offer?
The two providers in my area …
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I have an old Compaq laptop that has Windows XP on it. It’s so old that it only has USB 1.0/1.1 ports, which means excessively slow USB ports. You can’t do anything with them other than maybe plug a mouse into them …
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I played guitar for years in my early teens through mid 20’s. All in all nearly 20 years strait. Then, one day I just set it aside and never picked it back up for some reason. A few months ago I found a good deal on a …
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The most popular system at the time I was old enough to play video games and beyond was probably the Atari 2600. A lot of you may not be old enough to even remember it. For those of you that are old enough you undoubtedly remember how limited and poor the graphics were on this system.
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