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How much is your privacy worth?
Computers Self Defense

How much is your privacy worth?

(Apologies for the prolonged absence. Migraines again/still. I’ll go into that some other time, perhaps.) We have an ever-decreasing amount of privacy left to us.…

September 3, 2024
“Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door”
Computers

“Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door”

Actually quite a few visitors. In addition to the one in the image, I’ve had visits from the following: and 36 other IP addresses. J.…

May 5, 2024May 4, 2024
How private is your browsing?
Computers Privacy

How private is your browsing?

(Found on Gab) For a goodly while I’ve been using the Brave web browser and have been quite pleased with its (and its associated search…

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023
@%!$ technology
Computers Housekeeping

@%!$ technology

Saturday night, the thunderstorms started moving through. They weren’t bad here, but there was this one lightning strike somewhere close by… And our Intertubz connection…

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023
WordPress security issue
Computers Housekeeping

WordPress security issue

If you have a WordPress blog, then you need to check this article on a security issue currently being exploited. WordPress security company Wordfence, which disclosed details…

December 10, 2021December 10, 2021
It’s here!
Computers Housekeeping

It’s here!

The new keyboard has arrived, and first impression is WHOOPEE! Some small part of that is because it’s anything besides that blasted little POS I’ve…

May 5, 2021May 5, 2021
Going to be a slow week posting
Computers I hate it when that happens

Going to be a slow week posting

I love my kitties-right up until I want to strangle one. Saturday night, Mrs. Freeholder was off watching something or other on her iDevice, and…

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021
I remember (yet again) why I hate changing computers
Computers Housekeeping

I remember (yet again) why I hate changing computers

Seriously, I had forgotten how much swearing I could do when I have to swap out a computer. And I’ve done two in recent days,…

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021
It’s a dangerous place out there
Computers Mr. Spock's Raised Eyebrow Situational Awareness

It’s a dangerous place out there

  Monday, I had occasion to be in my firewall. Looking at the system log, I was a little shocked to see the volume of…

November 25, 2020February 15, 2021
Things are looking up
Computers Public Service Announcements

Things are looking up

We don’t want to go there. Folks, you don’t want to be That Guy. Like most, I’ve been on a lot of video conferences lately,…

August 1, 2020February 15, 2021
Computers Ham Radio Prepping

Internet Censorship–Brother, can you spare a mimeo machine?

(Via SurvivalBlog) As you may guess, I”m catching up on reading some of my blogroll. Rawles, it seems, has been on something of a roll…

July 13, 2018February 15, 2021
Computers Modern Life Skills

The de-Googlefication continues

Slowly, step by sometimes painful step, I continue to extract Google from my life. Today it was about the browser. I’ve been using Microsoft’s Edge…

September 28, 2017February 15, 2021
Computers

The things ones finds on the Intertubz

Son is something of a gamer, as in computer and console gamer.  Enough so that he has purchased a specialized computer set up specifically for…

August 8, 2016February 15, 2021
Computers

Time for some tech support

Time for a little pro bono tech support for my readers.  In case you’ve been hiding under a rock, Microsoft wants you to upgrade to…

April 16, 2016February 15, 2021
Computers

Remember your first BBS?

Because I’m a computer geek by profession, I tend to remember all things silicon quite well. In 1985, I had just went back to college…

June 9, 2005December 2, 2023

Blogroll

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  • Splendid Isolation
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  • traditionalRIGHT
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  • Wilder, Wealthy, and Wise

Prepping

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  • Dr. Bones & Nurse Amy
  • Prepping 2.0
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Gear

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  • Apmex
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  • Cool Tools
  • Dark Angel Medical
  • Duluth Trading
  • Gainesville Coins
  • Galloway Precision
  • Galls
  • J. Peterman Company
  • Kabar Knives
  • LA Police Gear
  • LAG Tactical
  • Lehmans
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  • Old Coleman Parts
  • SD Bullion
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  • Streamlight
  • Texas Precious Metals
  • UW Gear
  • Vermont Country Store

Economics

  • Armstrong Economics
  • Calculated Risk
  • Captain Capitalism
  • Fed Watch
  • Foundation for Economic Education
  • Mises Institute
  • Of Two Minds
  • Shadow Stats
  • The Collaborative Fund Blog
  • Variant Perception

Guns

  • AIM Surplus
  • American Suppressor Association
  • Ammo For Sale
  • Ammo Man
  • Ammo To Go
  • AmmoSeek
  • Ammo.com
  • Ammo Land
  • Ammunition Store
  • Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network
  • Ballistics By The Inch
  • Bulk Ammo
  • CDNN Sports
  • Crimson Trace
  • Crow Shooting Supply
  • Dillon Precision
  • EEzox
  • EOTech
  • Forgotten Weapons
  • Grass Roots North Carolina
  • Gun Facts
  • Gun Laws
  • Gun news Daily
  • Gun Talk Radio
  • Gun Talk TV
  • Gun Watch
  • GunBlast!
  • Gun Owners of America
  • Guns.com
  • Handgunlaw.us
  • Hornady
  • Joe Bob Outfitters
  • Lee Precision
  • Lucky Gunner
  • Midsouth Shooters Supply
  • Natchez Shooters Supply
  • National Rifle Association
  • National Shooting Sports Federation
  • North Carolina Rifle and Pistol Association
  • Of Arms and the Law
  • Powder Valley
  • RCBS
  • Redding Reloading
  • Second Amendment Foundation
  • Silencer Shop
  • Suddarth Optical Repair
  • Target Sports
  • The Citizens Committee For the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  • The Firearm Blog
  • The Firearms Coalition
  • The Gun Feed
  • The Law of Self Defense
  • The Lost Target
  • The Shooters’s Bar
  • The Tactical Professor
  • Where To Shoot
  • Wideners
  • WikiArms

Training

  • Active Response Training
  • Defensive Concepts North Carolina
  • Gunsite
  • Handgun Combatives
  • I.C.E. Training
  • The Patriot Nurse
  • Pistol Training.com
  • Practical Firearms Training
  • Rangemaster
  • Shootrite Firearms Academy
  • Southeastern Defensive Firearms Academy
  • Teach Yourself to Shoot Better

Ham Radio

  • Alinco
  • Alpha Antenna
  • American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
  • Amateur Radio Newsline
  • AMSAT North America
  • DXMaps
  • CQ Magazine
  • CQ Magazine Newsroom
  • BITX Transceivers
  • Eagle Antennas
  • DX Commander Antennas
  • Eham
  • Elecraft
  • EQSL
  • FlexRadio
  • Ham Radio Answers
  • HamSCI
  • HF Propagation & Solar Data
  • HF Underground
  • Icom
  • ICQ Amateur Radio Podcast
  • IPS Solar Flare Alerts
  • Kenwood
  • Logbook of the World
  • MFJ Enterprises
  • NC QSO Party
  • QRZ
  • Radio Society of Great Britain
  • RT Systems
  • Short Wave Listening
  • Ultimax Antennas
  • VOACAP
  • Work FM Amateur Radio Satellites
  • Yaesu

The Law

  • Likelihood of Confusion
  • Legal Insurrection
  • The Shooters’ Bar

Other Important Sites

  • AgWeb
  • AlertsUSA
  • American Partisan
  • Downdetector
  • FlightAware
  • Forward Observer
  • GlobalSecurity.org
  • Marine Traffic
  • Michael Yon
  • poweroutage.us
  • Project Gutenburg
  • USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
  • The Watchers
  • Threat Journal
  • Waterwatch
  • ZeroHedge

YouTube Channels

  • blancolirio
  • CheapRVLiving
  • Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care
  • Corporal’s Corner
  • Cowboy Kent Rollins
  • Essential Craftsman
  • Forgotten Weapons
  • jehugarcia
  • John Daniel
  • Kyle Noseworthy
  • Lucky Gunner Ammo
  • Paul Shinn
  • Project Farm
  • Rob Braxman Tech
  • S2 Underground
  • Steve’s Small Engine Saloon
  • Tier 1 Citizen
  • The Gray Bearded Green Beret
  • The Hillbilly Kitchen
  • The History Guy
  • The Wolfe Pit
  • Triggered!

Other Viewpoints

  • 99% Invisible
  • The Automatic Earth
  • Ecosophia
  • James Howard Kunstler

Absent Friends

  • Bad Eagle (Link to Wayback Machine)
  • Chaos Manor (Dr. Jerry Pournelle) (RIP)
  • Freedomsight (On hiatus)
  • Our Rhodesian Heritage (Status Unknown)
  • Says Uncle (On hiatus)
  • SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE and other things (RIP)
  • Sipsey Street Irregulars (Off The Air)
  • Standing Outside Looking In (Status Unknown)
  • Thunder Tales (RIP)
  • Weaponsman (RIP)
  • The Whited Sepulchre (RIP)
  • The Woodpile Report (RIP)

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