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Lenovo Thinkpad L430 memory module installation anomaly (SDRAM)
From the Lenovo Hardware Maintenance Manual for this model: Your computer has two memory module slots: one under the bottom door and the other under the keyboard. If only one memory module is to be installed on the computer you … Continue reading
Latest Windows Error message
Inspired by something I read on Slashdot recently.
From fur traders to doughboys: History in a circle 1786-1918
Coming full circle, a war story: From Wikipedia: Antoine Carre (fl. 1786-1808) was a French explorer and fur trader. After marrying the daughter of an Ottawa chieftain, he himself became founder and leader of the Bear River Ottawas during the … Continue reading
DRONETENNA – New word not previously Googleable
Talking with a ham radio friend of mine about the need to get radio antennas off the ground and up in the air to improve the reach of the signal being transmitted. Most all the permanent ways of doing … Continue reading
Native America is a land of broken treaties and broken hearts
I read a poem by GK Chesterton recently, which he wrote about a century ago. It was a heroic poem about British resistance to a Danish invasion over a millennium earlier. In it, he described Ireland as a “land … Continue reading
2014 – new term previously un-Google-able
I have studied various ailments resulting from too-quick ascents to altitudes above 8000 feet or so, such as AMS or “acute mountain sickness“, HAPE or “high-altitude pulmonary edema”, and HACE “high altitude cerebral edema”. Today I stumbled upon this, for … Continue reading
Bumfeasance
New word for 2012. Google could not find anything like this up until today. “Bumfeasance” is defined as mischief unintentionally created by panhandlers trying for donations, e.g. a car getting rear-ended by stopping for a roadside panhandler. Synonym: collateral … Continue reading
Recliner Commando 