Published inGeezerViewsPreparing for the end of Windows 10 support: Playing with Google ChromeOS FlexWhen Microsoft released Windows 11 in October 2021, I found that none of my various PCs in the office and at home were upgraded from…Dec 24, 2023Dec 24, 2023
Published inGeezerViewsIn my day: 1993 The Internic Help Line to find your way to the Internet — Dial 1–800-…YouTube recommended this 30 year old Computer Chronicles episode (I remember watching this series on PBS back in the day) to me today and…Aug 2, 2023Aug 2, 2023
Published inGeezerViewsGoogle Pixel Tablet speaker dock loudness comparisons (in dBa)Most Pixel Tablet reviewers commented on the speaker/charger dock’s sound quality and loudness. Opinions vary, of course. My ears aren’t…Jun 30, 2023Jun 30, 2023
Published inGeezerViewsThinking aloud: Can Bing/Bard help keep mainframes running?Google is trying have its Bard LLM catch up with Microsoft Bing Copilot. On April 21, 2023, it announced Bard now helps you code.Apr 23, 2023Apr 23, 2023
Published inGeezerViewsMicrosoft Designer intial impressions: A step above Bing Creator and DALL-E for the casual creatorMicrosoft Designer is a Large Language Model (LLM) image creation tool for, in my opinion, a casual creator — like me. From what I can see…Apr 8, 2023Apr 8, 2023
Published inGeezerViewsApple Music Classical app: Initial impressionsAt 1700 HST on March 27, 2023 I was surprised to be notified that the new Apple Music Classical app was ready to download since its launch…Mar 28, 2023Mar 28, 2023
Published inGeezerViewsWhat can AI LLM ChatGPT-like chatbots in 2023 learn from 1993 SS7 Intelligent Networks?Like many people, Jon Westfall, and some of our panelist-friends on the MobileViews podcast series have been discussing ChatGPT and other…Mar 21, 2023Mar 21, 2023
Published inGeezerViewsMicrosoft Lists (preview) now available in consumer Office 365 accountsOne of the, perhaps, odd things I missed after retiring at the end of 2022 was access to Microsoft Lists in my work Microsoft 365 account…Mar 11, 2023Mar 11, 2023
Published inGeezerViewsMicrosoft Edge as a Platform (MEP?)-The year 2000 MSN Companion’s descendantAfter updating the only PC I have that can run Windows 11 (which only has an 18% adoption level 18 months after its release), the Microsoft…Mar 11, 2023Mar 11, 2023
Published inGeezerViewsMicrosoft’s long, winding, and sometimes strange road from keyword to large language model (AI/GPT)…Having dabbled with AI-ish problems decades ago as a graduate student with simple models and notions coded using (mostly) LISP or Prolog, I…Feb 22, 2023Feb 22, 2023
