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Spare Parts to End Writer’s Block

I’ve actually stopped subscribing to all by one physically printed and mailed writing magazine. In part I stopped because of all the wasted space covering poetry. If you want to ensure a book with multiple millions of dollars in marketing effort sells fewer than 500 copies, choose a poetry book. Not a book of naughty nursery rhymes ala Andrew Dice Clay, but what poets cal poetry today.  The main reason I’ve chose to stop letting … Spare Parts to End Writer’s BlockRead more

Posted inInformation Technology / Thank You Sir May I Have Another

Acer Aspire One 722 Wireless Network Bug

After a few days of playing around with my new toy, I decided to install a bunch of software to make it my full time writing device. Of course the software installs required updates because this is a rolling distribution. After applying the updates, I could not boot unless I had a hard wired network connection. Some poking around on-line proved this was an Acer BIOS/Hardware problem. It also provided a solution.  At power on, … Acer Aspire One 722 Wireless Network BugRead more