My 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid has served me fairly well. With slightly more than 120,000 miles, it has only had one major issue (please see My Ford Escape Hybrid Brake Repair Experience – The Brakes Broke the Bank! and Ford Escape Hybrid Brake Failure – Revisited).

My 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid has served me fairly well. With slightly more than 120,000 miles, it has only had one major issue (please see My Ford Escape Hybrid Brake Repair Experience – The Brakes Broke the Bank! and Ford Escape Hybrid Brake Failure – Revisited).

We run a mixed bag of computers in our house. There’s a few desktop machines, and several notebooks; and they run operating systems that include different flavors of Apple’s OS X, Microsoft Windows and our favorite Linux variant, Ubuntu. They all opera…

We run a mixed bag of computers in our house. There’s a few desktop machines, and several notebooks; and they run operating systems that include different flavors of Apple’s OS X, Microsoft Windows and our favorite Linux variant, Ubuntu. They all opera…

Let me begin with a disclaimer. I do not endorse or approve of software piracy. However, I do believe that the legal owner of a software title should be entitled and able to make an archival copy of the original software media for safe-keeping.
After b…

Let me begin with a disclaimer. I do not endorse or approve of software piracy. However, I do believe that the legal owner of a software title should be entitled and able to make an archival copy of the original software media for safe-keeping.After be…

I’ve really enjoyed the use of my IOGear MiniView Micro USB Plus 2-Port KVM Switch for a couple of years now. I’m not certain why IOGear felt the need to give the device such an elaborate name. We’ll blame their marketing folks for that.
Whil…

I’ve really enjoyed the use of my IOGear MiniView Micro USB Plus 2-Port KVM Switch for a couple of years now. I’m not certain why IOGear felt the need to give the device such an elaborate name. We’ll blame their marketing folks for that.While…

If you’ve read some of my posts in the past, you know that I prefer to avoid discussions on topics of religion or politics. There are plenty enough other blogs which cover these topics, that I don’t see a need to join the fray of controversy. However, …

If you’ve read some of my posts in the past, you know that I prefer to avoid discussions on topics of religion or politics. There are plenty enough other blogs which cover these topics, that I don’t see a need to join the fray of controversy. However, …