A Look At My Mini Toolkit
It makes sense to keep a small packet of general use tools available. *UPDATED 7/15/2025!*
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Technology
From slide rules to computers, from cans on a wire to cellphones, and from a wheel with a stick to a space shuttle…I’m a tech guy.
Letter to EMEPA CEO Randy Carroll
To all EMEPA customers and everyone living in east central Mississippi counties of Winston, Kemper, Lauderdale, and Clarke: please take a moment to write a note to Randy in support of their proposed networking deployment.
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Operation Atari HTPC: Part 3
This will be the final article chronicling the construction of this project. Another article may be posted later on setting up the machine and some of the tweaks I had to make, but the construction was the most unique part of the project.
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Operation Atari HTPC: Part 2
In the second installment of this HTPC build, the Atari case is prepared for assembly. There’s a lot that goes into such a project, and this is where the rubber meets the road!
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I’ve gradually noticed that I wanted to spend less time in the computer room. So I’ll be building a modern machine inside an Atari 5200 box as a home theater PC!
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Captivated with Samsung’s Galaxy S cell phone
Over the past two-and-a-half months, I’ve been rather pleased with the new Samsung Captivate. While not perfect, the phone has been a lot of fun.
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