The PDF Plague

There have been a half-dozen stories in the past few weeks that looked interesting, but didn’t even make it into the Links Dump for the day. Why not? Because the stories or studies were only available as PDF files. I have no idea if this is actually getting worse, but I’m finding this more irritating… Continue reading The PDF Plague

Selective Response: An Open Letter

Dear Email Recipients: Thank you very much for responding rapidly to the question I sent you. Now, please go back to my original message, and respond to the other four questions that were in that message. Thank you for your reading comprehension, Annoyed Re-Sender of Emails

How Hot Is My Tablet?

I had a weird and disturbing shutdown incident on my tablet PC (a Lenovo X61) a week or two ago, which got me many screens of ominous looking text before it finally booted up properly again. Poking at it afterwards, it seemed to be running a bit hot, and it doesn’t seem like there’s a… Continue reading How Hot Is My Tablet?