Hurricane Irma 2017 and Me

Hurricane Irma 2017 has been so bad, especially for some Caribbean Islands that this post may seem like a bit of whining by me. Irma caused so much death and destruction that there is supposed to be no more 'Irma' named hurricanes in future. I hope humanity realizes the costs of global warming. Irma' impact …

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TCL TVs: My Amazon Shipment Arrived Damaged!

I bought a TCL 43 inch one some months ago. It is sitting in our screened-in porch. I know, I know it's not supposed to be outside but the porch has a good roof which extends out over a foot, the tv is away from the screen a few feet AND we keep it covered …

Replacing My Home Network’s Ageing UVerse Modem

I have a 12 mbps internet at home via AT&T UVerse. I find AT&T's service to be reliable and very good. Before that, it was Bell South DSL and that too was good. However, before switching from DSL to UVerse, I used to require the modem restarts about once every 10 days. So I seriously …

Scary Experience with my Whirlpool Clothes Washer!

This will be a short and even a pointless post! But here it is anyway. Over the last weekend, I started on washing my clothes. It was not a big load and so I put my Whirlpool washer (about 9 years old) on 'Small Load' setting. Or so I thought the setting was! Within a …

My Lenovo Workstation’s Failed RAID 1

I have a fantastic workstation at home: A Lenovo ThinkServer TS 440, something like this: View on Amazon but much more souped-up: 32 GB RAM, 2 SSD drives in a RAID 1 array as the drives for Windows 10 OS, 2 SSD drives for virtual machines and web content. I have all of these drives …

Virtual Tours Available

I have now added a menu item to show some 'legacy' virtual tours.

Alpha Objects is Now ESRI’s ‘Start Up’ Business!

ESRI, the world's no 1 GIS company, has a Start Up program which provides software and training help to budding GIS companies. GIS is an exciting realm and I have been working on various GIS projects (using both open-source and ESRI software) since 2008. But since my disengagement from a previous employment my options to …

New Microsoft Outlook Online is Nice!

Check out the new Microsoft Hotmail/Outlook/Live online

Alpha Objects Moving to WordPress

A New Beginning.