Author Archives: Zakhar

About Zakhar

I, Zakhar Kolleen Lutgardis, write about things that don't piss me off. That's pretty much my standard test when deciding if I like something. If it does not piss me off, then I'm happy.

Taxes

I think that we’d end up with a healthier economy if we’d simplify the tax code to just one law. It should simply be: For any sale by an American (or American Company), the local government gets X percent, the … Continue reading

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Black & Decker GH1000 GrassHogXP [updated 1/1/2009]

My yard is larger than an average suburban yard. I tried a gas powered weed wacker (line trimmer), but it was overkill. I just got the Black & Decker GH1000, and it works quite well, considering it’s one of the … Continue reading

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iPhone Features

I recently got an iPhone and I have found that there are many features at iPhone Features (petitions) that I would really like. The great part is all you need to provide is your Name, City, and Country — Email … Continue reading

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Songs are still worth coins in a hat

If you make your living off of performing arts (or ads or coding) then you may find that at some time you’ll need to get a day job to support your love of this activity. If you can’t find a … Continue reading

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Little Known Software

I really liked Dvorak’s idea to let everyone know about little known software. I’m recommending Filezilla. It does FTP, but it also does file transfer over SSH which means your file transfers cannot be snooped.

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We are keeping Netflix Profiles!

(note: This is the 2nd time Netflix has listened to its customers to reverse a decision, and the FAQ has not yet been updated) At 16:13 CDT I was pleased to receive this in my email: We Are Keeping Netflix … Continue reading

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Digg cloud and Digg lead stories

Digg needs to have a feature to cloud articles together around a topic or event, plus a way to vote for which story is the lead story in the cloud of stories.

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Resistentialism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistentialism Resistentialism is a jocular theory in which inanimate objects display hostile desires towards human beings. Thank goodness I know the word for this now!

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Save and Save As

I really can’t stand software that makes me save all the time.  I like the Save As… feature, but mostly so I can set a bookmark of revision (or to make sure I have a revert avenue after any layout … Continue reading

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40-Hour Work Week

The forty hour work week is only a compromise between indentured servitude and a healthy amount of work a person can do in one week.  It isn’t an ideal number of hours for human labor in one week, nor is … Continue reading

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Websites for Utilities and Services

I have some suggestions for some institutions that give me some access online to manage my account with them: Bank of America: Quit it with the SiteKey shit! (If you’re a site that still doesn’t have SiteKey, please, please never … Continue reading

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Stagger “Open All in Tabs” Firefox Extension

It’d be nice if someone would write an extension that would make it so loading 20 tabs at once would stagger the starting of loading each tab, so they wouldn’t all connect to their respective servers all at once, but … Continue reading

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Foxkeh wallpapers

There should be a Foxkeh Wallpaper downloader. Obviously it should be open source. It should run on OSX, Windows, and Linux. It should automatically grab the wallpaper (with user-chosen dimensions) and install that wallpaper each month.

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I hate daylight savings time

I really don’t see the point, and I wish it would just go away. I don’t believe it conserves energy, or even if it does, too bad. There are better ways to do that. People die because of DST. Many … Continue reading

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BSA could end easily software piracy

The BSA could end piracy very easily if they convinced software developers to release all software for free, except for business use (which would be audited to check that everything’s paid for). It is ridiculous that home users have to … Continue reading

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dvorak.org/blog

Tiny Laptops For Fresno Grade School Kids — I think that we do need OLPC for US kids The White Continent — Beautiful The Mainstreaming of Atheism — Sunday School for Atheists — good luck being respected for your beliefs … Continue reading

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