Different people protect their valuable assets in different ways; there is the proverbial mattress stuffer, the hole-in-the-wall type person, someone who spends thousands of dollars on an expensive safe. Then there are people who ...
For the longest time my father insisted I’m addicted to “screens”, as he liked to call it. Now, he doesn’t insist — he knows. Do you know someone like me — someone who spends most of their day i...
How many dotTechies would consider themselves to be adept at the art of sand castles? I call it an “art” because it really is an art; only a gifted few are skilled at it. I may lose some man points for admitting this, ...
For the majority of known history, men have dominated women. In the past fifty or so years, the feminist movement has tried to level the playing field in many countries around the world. However, sexism still exists today. Let...
Moving almost $50 billion of merchandise every year, Amazon is the unofficial retailer king of the web. Some of what is sold on Amazon.com (or any of its country-specific websites) is done via Amazon Marketplace — third part...
Since Apple shot to (more) fame in 2007 with the release of the original iPhone, new Apple rumors rear their heads every few weeks or so (sometimes even quicker). As is the nature of rumors, most of these rumors turn out to be fal...
How many dotTechies have seen Avatar, the blockbuster hit that took the world by storm three years ago? I have. If you have too, then you probably remember the floating rock landscape/scenery in Avatar, most notably during the epi...
I don’t know about anyone else, but I suck at understanding flow charts. Well, I can comprehend the simple ones but when they get complex with dozens of lines and multiple different types of boxes, I throw up my hand in defe...
Scenery, whether that be of nature of man-made entities like cities, is important for us people. In fact, I bet many dotTechies who have rented or bought a house, apartment, condo, etc. factored the scenic views (or lack thereof) ...
Time and time and time and time (and time) again we have heard about experts and regular people alike attesting to the fact that Windows 8 sucks for non-touch, traditional PC users. And how Windows 7 is still the best Windows oper...
How many dotTechies have seen Shrek, either one or more of the movies in the whole four part series? Can you image Shrek being real? If you can, then you can probably appreciate why I feel Shrek would, willingly and happily, live ...
I believe I have told the story about how I have, in the past and on multiple occasions, tried to conduct a search on a physical piece of paper using Ctrl + F. (Yeah, go ahead — laugh it up.) If you are in the boat with me, ...
Football (real football, not American football; also known as soccer) is the most popular sport in the world, often providing (some) solace to even the most volatile regions of the world. Arguably the most significant event in foo...
How fast is your internet connection? Do you feel like you load websites, images, videos, etc. at a fairly brisk pace or everything loads more slowly than a snail running a marathon? Let’s put your internet connection speed ...
Owls, owls, owls. How many dotTechies live, or have lived, in a region that has owls? I cannot say I have. In fact, I have never seen a real owl (outside of a zoo and Pokemon). However, I don’t need to see a real owl to know...