Innocence Lost: A Brief History of Life and the Internet Most of us think back on the past as a simpler, less complicated time. When we let our thoughts drift back to our childhoods – no matter how old we are – most of us imagine a more beautiful world, a more peaceful time in our lives. I… Read More »
Two Places to Get Disposable Email Addresses The world is full of disposable things – disposable diapers, disposable razors, disposable lighters, and so on. Disposable email addresses are desirable if you don’t want to give someone, something, or some company your real email address, mainly because you don’t want to be flooded with spam, or maybe… Read More »
Where Did That Picture Come From? There are 1,267,490,238,449,831 pictures on the Internet – I’m just being facetious. One of them belongs to EB. Now you think an upstanding lady like EB would use her real picture on NotOverTheHill, wouldn’t you? But NOOOOO! If you do a reverse look-up on those fake pictures, you will find they are… Read More »
Easy Way to Get to Advanced Start Up Options in Windows 8.x and Windows 10 Windows 8.x and Windows 10 both have a troubleshooting feature that allows you to perform system maintenance and even make repairs to the system. But, few people know about it. In windows 8.x, you can access Advanced Startup Options with a command (and… Read More »
Welcome to the Fastlane Yesterday we featured an article in our Premium newsletter praising the FCC for voting in favor of keeping the Internet equally accessible to everyone with an Internet connection. Needless to say we were surprised when we received quite a few emails dissing us for supporting Net Neutrality. However, from the anti-net-neutrality emails we received,… Read More »
What is a meme? Good question. What would you think a meme would be? Nothing like a mime, but closer to a me me – hey look at me kind of thing. Muse on a meme and melt into the masses – be at one with the crowd. Memes are everywhere and most are concocted and distributed by… Read More »