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Updated archive of stories from TheManual.ca

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 18:11 — ralph1

A few years ago, I had a technology-oriented web site that focused on instruction, documentation and new gadgets. I have gathered some of the more interesting or informative stories, updated some of the content and shrunk the file size to about one quarter of what it had been.

The archive contains information on:

  • Hardware faults with certain laptops and how to avoid them
  • Fake jobs used to steal info and send spam
  • Electronic waste recycling

A New Life for an Older Laptop

Sun, 07/26/2009 - 20:58 — ralph1

Try as you might, you will be hard pressed to find a computer running any flavour of Linux or other free software in a store, or visible where the curious can use it. Sure, you might happen upon an individual with one of the new netbooks running Ubuntu, but you can hardly be blamed for thinking that your only choices in software are the latest Microsoft products or Apple's Mac offerings. Now, however, coffee drinkers in central Ottawa can use free software to stay connected while they enjoy their java at a local fair trade co-op shop.

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