Masked bandits

Ello social network

Considering a move to the new Ello social network that is ad free and doesn’t sell one’s data. It’s in beta now and is invitation only. Any of my techie friends out there interested in an invite to give it a whirl? Facebook has major problems and it would be wonderful if a viable alternative […]

Public service bulletin

If you own a desktop computer older than 3 years and have never cleaned it, do so now before it bites the dust… literally. Note… this puppy ain’t mine. It died via thermal shutdown about 30 minutes after power on. Recoverable…TBD.

Switch to LaunchBox

Over the last week or so, my attempts to create a really straight forward retro gaming systems took a number of unanticipated twists and turns. As documented in my previous post, it started out with installing the latest version of Linux Mint on an older Intel Core i5-based laptop and then overlaying that with RetroPie. […]