Nice news for veterans: DoD will allow all honorably discharged veterans to shop at the online military exchange stores starting this Veterans' Day... PX/BX/NEX pricing may have a tough time comparing to online internet pricing these days - but the tax-free aspect may appeal in some states ( Read more... )

This is absolutely brilliantly written and worded; and expresses exactly my feelings on the current election and self-destruction of the Republican party... I confess I never know if I should cheer on that self-destruction, or lament the loss of a reasonable and rational counterpoint to the Democratic party, which does need a healthy check against ( Read more... )

"Trumpster fire" - John Gruber knocks it out of the park again with my favorite phrase of the week when he compares the Republican National Convention to a "Trumpster fire" - awesomely apt description ( Read more... )

We live in amazing times indeed where planetary shipping can be visualized like this...

https://www.shipmap.org/

Steven Levy has an excellent article about the current attempt to squash privacy and encryption by the FBI and why this all sounds so familiar, it's because we already had this battle before, twice, in the 1990s... and both times wisdom prevailed. Will it prevail again?

https://backchannel.com/why-are-we-fighting-the-crypto-wars-again- ( Read more... )

I am testing a new (4th generation, Oct 2015) AppleTV as a replacement for my 2nd generation AppleTV (Sep 2010 ( Read more... )

Quick reminder to all those in Virginia; it is election day tomorrow - state and local offices will be holding elections in every district in the state. Don't forget to go vote ( Read more... )

Oh my it's cold... Stay warm folks. Keep a towel and blanket and snow shovel in the car. Extra mittens, scarves, and hoods/hats don't hurt either ( Read more... )

In the summer of 1987 I was temporarily assigned to Kadena AB, Okinawa from my duty station at Misawa AB, Japan. During that summer a major typhoon hit the island of Okinawa. I will never forget the fury that nature can hurl at a city in the form of a typhoon. The service men and women were locked into dormitory style barracks with lots of food ( Read more... )

This is a much more secure, if a little more annoying, way to protect your AppleID. Since there is real money involved with your iTunes and App Store purchases now, I strongly recommend you set up two-step authentication on your own AppleID ( Read more... )