This is Thought Box post number 300! Many more to come! I don’t usually do app reviews, since I don’t have my own tablet or smartphone. Today, however, is an exception. About a month ago, I got the brilliant idea to turn my handwriting into a font. After searching on the App Store for a while, I found iFontMaker, an …
As I promised the other day, I would sequel Pet Peeves #2 with my fingerprint rant. Here we are. Even as a pet peeve of mine, I have to admit that fingerprints aren’t all that bad. After all, they help law enforcement identify suspects and they help all of us get a grip on surfaces. But while fingerprints are so …
There are few things as annoying in the world of free (and paid) software as latchware. Yes, I made this term up myself, and yes, it is a real thing. These are the programs, toolbars, and unnecessary junk that hitch rides on software installation packages. At best, they waste your disk space and prompt an immediate search for the “Uninstall” …
In Ray Bradbury‘s Dystopian short-story “A Sound of Thunder“, the protagonist Eckels takes a time-travel safari to the Dinosaur Age to kill a T-Rex. While hunting the T-Rex, Eckels steps on a butterfly. They come back to the present day (A.D. 2055 in the novel), and find out that history has been altered. A Fascist dictator now rules the city …
As I write this, I can already hear the fireworks popping all around me. Seems like people are launching fireworks earlier and earlier isn’t it? Well anyways, Happy Independence Day to all my readers! Have a safe and fun holiday!