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Over the past couple months I’ve been listening to some conspiracy theory podcasts. As purely a form of entertainment, what with current events. One particularly popular topic these days is that of vaccines, for obvious reasons. This isn’t an article that’s anti-vaccine or pro-vaccine, just one talking about where the word comes from. On more… Continue reading Weird Theories – Word Origins – The Word Vaccine

I was given my first pocket knife at six years old. I lost that pocket knife a few years later even though after getting a better one I kept it in a little cedar box which I still have. It’s a real shame too because I think that knife had been given to my father… Continue reading My every day pocket knife – A better way

So this stupid picture has made rounds on the ol’ social media feeds lately and I can’t help but look at the sheer stupidity of it all. I’m your average mostly libertarian Christian with HEAVY gnostic and deist leanings. I stress this because I don’t want anyone to think this is going to be the… Continue reading Guns, Flags, and Sacred Texts

So Katy Perry stirred up a storm of crap at the Grammy’s with her “Dark Horse” performance. There have been a lot of accusations about it being a “Satanic Ritual” and so forth and so on. I watched the video because as someone who gets a good laugh when the fundamentalists go off on things… Continue reading Katy Perry – Satanic Grammy Performance?

Not really a computer tech subject but something I had to deal with recently. The maintenance required light came on my car and I was about to take it to the mechanic. Luckily I did not and decided to check it out on the internet to make sure it didn’t mean something else first. Apparently… Continue reading Resetting the Maintenance Required Light On a 2007 Toyota Corolla S

Was doing some research to prove a few of my points for my Halloween articles. Here’s one of the worst offenders for the demonization of all things entertaining and fun. Good old Jack Chick. I used to love this guy’s stuff, but it’s so full of misinformation, fabrication and outright lies you can’t really see… Continue reading Examples of Halloween Nonsense From Jack Chick

The subject of bug out bags came up recently with an acquaintance of mine. I keep a few things in my car and generally try to be ready for emergencies. One item that I hadn’t thought of as an emergency tool is the old lineman’s or butt set that I keep in my car. It’s… Continue reading Lineman Handsets as a Bug Out Bag Addition

This article was written in 2012 and appears to be getting a lot of traffic lately. I’ve double checked the information below to make sure it is still correct. With the impending quarantines all over the US, I’m sure a lot of people are concerned about not having internet.   -Aaron 03-21-2020 How to see… Continue reading Suddenlink Outage Information And How To Get It

I’m reposting this from my “Intermediate Internet Troubleshooting” article as I think the subject deserves a post of its own. You’ll need to know what speed internet you are paying for before this article will be of any use at all to you. Some Terminology Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) will sell service based on download… Continue reading Slow Internet Troubleshooting

This is the process you should follow to fix most internet connectivity problems you might face. I came up with this process while working at a local ISP as a tech support agent. It works very well for cable, DSL, and Wireless internet connections. Most tech support agents will tell you to do exactly this.… Continue reading How to Fix Most Internet Problems