How to uninstall Intel Security Truekey when all else fails

Before I get to the ‘how-to’, a quick explanation: I downloaded the latest version of Adobe Flash, from the Adobe website. I was not shown an opt-out screen for the two applications bundled with Flash — i.e. McAfee and Intel…

Is Facebook the real Big Brother?

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I read George Orwell’s ‘1984’ in the mid-70’s, but even then it was pretty obvious that his prediction of a world…

The problem with capitalism…in a ball

Unless you’re a golfer, you probably don’t think about golf balls. But a new US lawsuit about…

The Rise of Vertical Farms (Infographic)

This….imagine if all of our useless skyscrapers could be converted to food production?!? -happy dance-

Barcarolle by Offenbach

The Offspring and I were talking last night, about some of the loveliest arias in opera, and neither of us could remember the name of this one, so I looked it up [thank god for Youtube].

Say hello to Max Legend!

Alien 3 ending and music

I have always loved classical orchestral music — think Chopin, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky etc — so the soundtrack of Alien 3 was a real departure for me, and in many ways it paved the way for the music I love now.

Another post about a perplexing Wordpress.com ‘feature’

I’ve had issues with the Wordpress Reader in the past, but this latest one has me scratching my head. Have a look at how many screens I have to go through to comment on a post from the Reader:

Pesticides in the US and Australia

Chlorpyrifos is one of the most widely used pesticides on American farms, sprayed on everything…