Category Archives: Computers and Internet

Ditching WhatsApp

Posted on January 29, 2021 by brucedawson

WhatsApp has served me well as a communications medium for my family, but I was never thrilled with its ownership by Facebook, and the recently announced privacy changes made it necessary for me to move on.

Posted in Computers and Internet, Security | Tagged , , | 9 Comments

Floating Point in the Browser, Part 3: When x+y=x (y != 0)

Posted on October 18, 2020 by brucedawson

A few years ago I did a lot of thinking and writing about floating-point math. It was good fun, and I learned a lot in the process, but sometimes I go a long time without actually using that hard-earned knowledge. … Continue reading →

Posted in Chromium, Computers and Internet, Floating Point | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Floating Point in the Browser, Part 2: Bad Epsilon

Posted on October 11, 2020 by brucedawson

A few years ago I did a lot of thinking and writing about floating-point math. It was good fun, and I learned a lot in the process, but sometimes I go a long time without actually using that hard-earned knowledge. … Continue reading →

Posted in Chromium, Computers and Internet, Floating Point | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Floating Point in the Browser, Part 1: Impossible Expectations

Posted on September 27, 2020 by brucedawson

A few years ago I did a lot of thinking and writing about floating-point math. It was good fun, and I learned a lot in the process, but sometimes I go a long time without actually using that hard-earned knowledge. … Continue reading →

Posted in Chromium, Computers and Internet, Floating Point | Tagged , | 21 Comments

Home Network Printer Setup That Works

Posted on January 5, 2015 by brucedawson

Whenever I add a network printer to one of my Windows computers at home I end up with a reference to a hard-coded IP address. That means that the next time my home router reboots and assigns a different IP … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet, Rants | Tagged | 18 Comments

Hard Drive Upgrade

Posted on October 16, 2013 by brucedawson

I finally put too many photos and videos on my laptop hard drive and I had to upgrade it. My original hard drive was a 640 GB drive and there are now 1 TB laptop drives available that have 8 … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

Other Causes of Alt+Tab Problems

Posted on June 20, 2013 by brucedawson

Now that I have an easy way to find and fix problems with Alt+Tab it becomes easier to identify culprits. Whenever Alt+Tab misbehaves – whenever the grid of programs goes behind the current Aero Peek window – I run AltTabFixOnce.exe … Continue reading →

Posted in Bugs, Computers and Internet | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Twitter

Posted on June 20, 2013 by brucedawson

I now have a twitter account, for those times when 141 characters is too much of a commitment. I anticipate greater sarcasm and more frequent posting, but similar topics. You can follow me at BruceDawson0xB, where I explain the peculiar … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet, Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Alt+Tab Bug Worsened by IE 10, But Fix Found

Posted on May 28, 2013 by brucedawson

Windows 7 has an annoying bug that causes alt+tab to malfunction for many people. This bug, previously discussed on this blog in Alt+Tab Depth Inversion Bug, causes the grid of programs to be partially or completely hidden, making it much … Continue reading →

Posted in Bugs, Computers and Internet, Investigative Reporting | Tagged , | 64 Comments

Backin’ Up is Hard to Do

Posted on September 12, 2012 by brucedawson

I hate computers. All I wanted to do was backup my laptop. I’d been doing ad hoc backups for years (a batch file that zips and copies all the important directories) but that system was clearly insufficient. Replacing my ad … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | Tagged | 17 Comments