07 December 2025

JHS 73 CLASS OF 1968

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Lately I spend a lot of time with the alumni of Newtown High School of Elmhurst, Queens NY.  I am sure you saw the few posts about the Class...
09 November 2025

I NEED MY POPPY FIX

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 Life sure is interesting.  I have this book, "The Poppy War" by R.F. Kuang, possibly from a bundle that I picked up from someone ...
31 October 2025

AMAZING AMAZON DELIVERY, IN A BAD WAY

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I used to live in a few places in Queens, NY so I belong to a few Facebook groups for those areas.  One common thread I see regularly involv...
26 September 2025

FAKE SYSTEM ALERTS VIA WEB ADVERTISEMENT

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  I was previewing this blog looking for typos and such when one advertisement caught my attention.  I cannot remember what it was but once ...

LIBRARYTHING

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While I like to read books, I didn't own that many books.  Most of the books I already read were borrowed from public library.  Public l...
05 September 2025

GEEK OUT: ACROBAT READER WITHOUT THE SALES PITCH

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 PDF is a good portable format and by default Adobe Acrobat Reader is the tool to read PDF files.  Unfortunately, Adobe has ruined the exper...

GEEK OUT: WINDOWS 11 START MENU PINNED ITEMS

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  By default, Windows 11's Pinned Items, shown above in the Start Menu looks very busy.  The items got there because Microsoft thought t...
20 August 2025

FAUX LFL RE-SURFACED

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  According to my son, my faux little free library went out of commission in April this year.  I cannot seem to remember these little things...
16 August 2025

NHS '85 40TH REUNION - SEPT 4 DEADLINE

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The 40th Reunion of Class of 1985 at Newtown High School in Elmhurst, Queens NY now has a deadline of September 4, 2025.  That's one mon...