How to f*ck up a great idea (disconnectivity)

For a number of reasons, I have Telia’s “mobile broadband” service for my laptop (or netbook); it works as it should, and apart from being too slow, I have no issues with the technical delivery. Mobile connectivity, however, is so much more than a “broadband …

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FidoNet Nodelist, October 3 1986

Region 20, in 1986 🙂 Region,20,Sweden,S,Mats_Knuts,46-40-54-9189,2400,!#CT1/2/3/4 ; Host,501,Sweden,Malmoe_Sweden,Mats_Knuts,46-40-54-9189,2400,!#CT1/2/3/4 Pvt,4601,Day_Rainbow,Karlstad_Sweden,Conny_Jonsson,-Unpublished-,1200,#CT3 ,4602,Sun_City_Fido,Karlstad_Sweden,Lennart_Svensson,46-54-16-6988,300,!CT1/2 ,4603,ATL,Lidkoeping_Sweden,Carl_Nordin,46-510-2-0409,300,*CT1/2 ,4604,Yellow_PC,Stockholm_Sweden,Lennart_Eliasson,46-8-760-3312,300,CT1 Pvt,4605,Bell_annex,Karlstad_Sweden,Lennart_Svensson,-Unpublished-,1200,!B1/2:RE ,4606,PathFinder,Huskvarna_Sweden,Haakan_Bohman,46-36-13-0575,300,*CT1 ,4607,South_Swedish_Fido,Malmoe_Sweden,Mats_Knuts,46-40-54-9189,2400,!#CT1/2/3/4 ,4608,Fido_Candator,Karlstad_Sweden,Morgan_Holt,46-54-15-0529,2400,!#CT1/2/3/4 ,4609,Future_Hacker_Central,Stockholm_Sweden,Joaquim_Homrighausen,46-8-726-2550,300,*CT1 ,4610,The_Garfield_Base,Gothenburg_Sweden,Rune_Kennborn,46-31-26-6617,300,*CT1/2 ,4611,Discovery,Gothenburg_Sweden,Jimmy_Dahlqvist,46-31-47-7011,300,*CT1/2 Pvt,4699,The_hole_in_the_wall,Malmoe_Sweden,Bjoern_Nilsson,-Unpublished-,2400,#CT1/3/4:RE This file is also available at: www.textfiles.com/fidonet-on-the-internet/n1986/nodelist.276

FrontDoor announcement in FidoNews 1986

Fidonews Page 5 6 Oct 1986 By Joaquim Homrighausen Sysop at Future Hacker Central 501/4609 September 24th, 1986 at 10:25 pm. A couple of weeks ago I just ran into a problem with my own FIDO. It was a user who couldn’t figure out that …

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AVG 9.0 has been released / AVG 9.0 är här!

Essential protection that won’t get in your way If you use your computer every day, you need protection that’s always there, constantly keeping you safe. With AVG Anti-Virus, you get hassle-free protection against today’s most sophisticated threats, online and offline. AVG Anti-Virus includes our unique …

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The Samsung N120 netbook

Netbooks have been up ‘n comers for a while now, and the markets is beginning to look both interesting and flooded at the same time. Some manufacturers are putting out new models before the previous model has been noticed by its intended audience. As with …

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Now

Now It is so hard to think of you over there, when I am over here but it is all I can do to keep my sanity I miss you more than I can express with words, for they are but words Thinking of words …

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09-09-09, 09:09:09

Happy Birthday Mom, you would have been 62 today, and been able to see the date and time align at 09-09-09, 09:09:09. Miss ya!

Chuck Norris Facts

For what it’s worth, here’s my contribution to the Chuck Norris Facts list: – Nobody has ever sent spam to Chuck Norris and lived to tell the tale And in fairness, since Alain did tip me about this, here’s Alain’s contribution: – Chuck Norris never …

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Nokia 3110

A lovely “brick” from Nokia. Not too heavy, but fairly big and bulky. It still works! Surprisingly, today’s smartphones are approaching the weight and bulk of the Nokia 3110; of course, they feature somewhat more powerful components 🙂

Mephisto Backup

A software package that’ll allow you to make a backup, locally or over a network, move the backup to a DVD (or several) and then be able to restore that backup on another machine using a Live Linux DVD .. yes, that is pretty much …

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