Bing Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Mon, 19 Jun 2023 20:02:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 Restoring lithographed train cars https://dfarq.homeip.net/restoring-lithographed-train-cars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=restoring-lithographed-train-cars Fri, 15 Apr 2016 11:00:46 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=8397 If you have vintage tin lithographed train cars made by American Flyer, Bing, Dorfan, Ives, Lionel, Marx, or another make I’m forgetting and some of them are worse for wear, there are a few things you can do to improve

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]]> 8397 Lenovo is penitent, but its customers aren’t out of the woods yet https://dfarq.homeip.net/lenovo-is-penitent-but-its-customers-arent-out-of-the-woods-yet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lenovo-is-penitent-but-its-customers-arent-out-of-the-woods-yet Mon, 09 Mar 2015 11:00:31 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7621 After having an incredibly bad week last month, Lenovo started saying the right things, and perhaps doing some of the right things too. But some laptops with the Superfish malware preinstalled on them are still in the supply chain, which means

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]]> 7621 What to look for in a cheap laptop in late 2014 https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-to-look-for-in-a-cheap-laptop-in-late-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-to-look-for-in-a-cheap-laptop-in-late-2014 https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-to-look-for-in-a-cheap-laptop-in-late-2014/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:00:20 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7446 So the sales fliers for the 2014 Christmas shopping season are out, and I’m seeing tons of cheap laptops. If you only have $200 to spend, they have something for you. Some of them look like they’re even worth having. Yes,

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-to-look-for-in-a-cheap-laptop-in-late-2014/feed/ 1 7446 Remembering Dolgin’s https://dfarq.homeip.net/remembering-dolgins/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remembering-dolgins https://dfarq.homeip.net/remembering-dolgins/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2014 11:00:36 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7332 Growing up in Missouri, a lot of my Christmas gifts when I was young came from a catalog showroom called Dolgin’s. One of my earliest memories is going to Dolgin’s with my mom and aunt, who showed me some Tonka

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/remembering-dolgins/feed/ 1 7332 Phil Kerpen, net neutrality, and socialism: A post-mortem https://dfarq.homeip.net/phil-kerpen-net-neutrality-and-socialism-a-post-mortem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=phil-kerpen-net-neutrality-and-socialism-a-post-mortem https://dfarq.homeip.net/phil-kerpen-net-neutrality-and-socialism-a-post-mortem/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:00:45 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7369 I learned the hard way a few weeks ago how net neutrality can be equated with socialism, an argument that puzzles people who work on computer networks for a living and see networking as a big flow of electrons. I

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/phil-kerpen-net-neutrality-and-socialism-a-post-mortem/feed/ 1 7369 Solving the Windows 0x13d error, aka the 317 error, and watch for the scams https://dfarq.homeip.net/solving-the-windows-0x13d-error-aka-the-317-error-and-watch-for-the-scams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solving-the-windows-0x13d-error-aka-the-317-error-and-watch-for-the-scams Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:00:06 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7360 Yesterday when performing a routine server inventory, I received a Windows 317 error, aka a Windows 0x13d error, when I tried to view some directories remotely from a batch file. The exact text of the error message: The system cannot find message text

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]]> 7360 The Bing conspiracy https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-bing-conspiracy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bing-conspiracy Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:00:39 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7281 So my buddy Tom was working on a Windows 8 laptop, trying to fix it up, and he needed to uninstall a program. Tom’s been using Windows since about 1992, so he’s no newbie, but he couldn’t figure it out.

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]]> 7281 2011 retail tinplate finds, at Big Lots and Shack https://dfarq.homeip.net/2011-retail-tinplate-finds-at-big-lots-and-shack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2011-retail-tinplate-finds-at-big-lots-and-shack Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:16:21 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=4645 If you’re a tinplate fan like me, it would behoove you to make a trip to Big Lots sometime this week. Big Lots has a selection of building-shaped cookie tins priced at $5 each. The buildings include a town hall,

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]]> 4645 A source of great inspiration evaporates https://dfarq.homeip.net/a-source-of-great-inspiration-evaporates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-source-of-great-inspiration-evaporates Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:30:37 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=4341 Google announced this week that it’s defaulting to https (secure) searches, and not passing search queries on to the sites its user clicks anymore. It’s the end of an era, I guess, and I’ll miss it. Yeah, I looked at

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]]> 4341 Integrating WordPress 3.2 with Twitter https://dfarq.homeip.net/integrating-wordpress-3-2-with-twitter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=integrating-wordpress-3-2-with-twitter Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:22:52 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=3751 Rich P. tells me all the cool kids use Twitter now. And that some people, instead of using RSS feeds, want to get blog updates from a Twitter feed. I’m about four years late to that party, but I’m not

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