by Hyram Voltage | Jan 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
It happened again. A friend had a thumb drive die. Of course it contained the only copy of a file that he needed. Thumb drives are good, useful, even necessary, but they will fail just like hard drives. Always back up your files on two or more thumb drives. And keep... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
A smith is a person that makes things using a hammer and fire. A silver smith takes a lump of silver and using a hammer, and heating the lump when it needs softening, to make things out of silver. A silver worker is all the others that make things out of silver like... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
I apologize for the last couple of post being late. My main computer died. Hard. I got the new blue screen of death with the frowny face. The computer tech had to wipe the computer and re-install windows. Decades of work has to be re-installed. I did not lose much... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ve read too many stories lately about steampunk inventors that have no life, social or otherwise, are independently wealthy, and live in a vacuum (or on an island in the middle of the ocean). An inventor does not have the time to mine, smelt, cast and then... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
On new year’s day there was a comic that said that it was the first of 52 Mondays. Something set off an alarm in the back of my mind. I went to the calendar and counted. Yes, there are 53 Mondays this year. The good news is that two of those Mondays are holidays, the...