Category: Featured
How to use the AM/PM notation when talking about time
In the US (and a few other places) the 24 hour clock is not commonly used or understood by the average person. When context cannot distinguish between two similarly numbered hours from different parts of the day, AM or…
By ruario
Welcome Autumn !
Autumn waltzes in languidly in tropical countries. We often do not see her colors as those residing in colder climes do. We feel her mellow footsteps in the air with the gradual departure of the subcontinental monsoon…
How to Install KDE Plasma on Raspberry Pi OS Core / Debian 11 (No Desktop)
I decided to take an SD card and flash it with a Raspberry Pi OS without a desktop so I could use just KDE Plasma. Turns out most online tutorials don't work. Here's how I successfully got it running in 2023 (and…
By BusyBird15
Overview: How UEFI Secure Boot Works in Linux
Recently I've had to deal with issues booting using UEFI as outlined in my Linux Boot Failure! Debugging UEFI Boot Issues blog post, where I also go into detail about UEFI and the UEFI boot process. What I didn't cover…
By tiffybelle
Whatever happened to ...
… dressing up to go downtown? Today’s topic is courtesy of Sheila Stewart who also contributed this post on her family blog.…
By dougpete
EBLOG #2 ~ Friday October 6th 2023
Grab yourselves a cup of coffee! Good time-zone readers. Now then the origin of this greeting, at the very least the place I first found someone who used it, was on discord. I use it here as it respects users all over…
By enadasa
Whatever happened to …
… the joy of buying a new car? It’s been over a month but it seems like forever that we’ve been looking for a new car for my daughter. It sure isn’t like the old days.…
By dougpete
In Defense of the Written Word
Speaking less has its benefits. You expend less energy. You are less misunderstood. You do not have to tailor-make your words for the audience concerned, You become a silent observer of things both necessary as well as…
Today's Rambling — Painting
About fifteen years ago, I was a painter. I lived in the Northwest at that time and made semiabstract paintings which I sold to, mostly, a limited number of collectors that I knew. I never sold enough work to live on…
By daletucker
The Difference Between "Blogging" and "Posting"
Long ago before the advent of social media sites like Orkut and Facebook, diarists and bloggers were a predominant feature in the world wide web. However, with the advent of the above-mentioned sites, coupled with the…
Why Writing?
Writers live twice. They go along with their regular life, are as fast as anyone in the grocery store, crossing the street, getting dressed for work in the morning. But there's another part of them that they have been…
By Cezar
These are a few of my Favorite Things...
What does a writer need? Apart from words of course. And apart from the fact that the need to write is the dominant passion that regulates his or her life. That the need to express unsaid words and sentiments is perhaps…