It’s sad that we’re even using Skype on Ubuntu considering it’s owned by a company with zero interest in open source… but alas, some habits die hard and we don’t want this little program to prevent you from realizing that Ubuntu is, by far, the best thing that will happen to your computer life (and other parts as well –…
Origins of April Fools (All Fools Day) Day
April Fools day has thrown me off since I was a kid. I thought it was quite irrational if not ‘wrong’ that there would be a day when you could trick (a.k.a. lying) your parents and do pranks and not get in trouble. I noticed people also enjoyed tricking me. For me it was the only day of the year…
What to Say and What Not to Say
Over the last few years it has been interesting to learn just how little we all know about law, and more specifically, freedom of speech. 2013 and 2014, if I could summarize, would be for me ‘The Legal Years’. My circumstances forced me to get out of the boat, shun my fear of law and lawyers and start to learn…
Kakao Talk Privacy Problems
I was always too busy to try to research why something about Kakao Talk bothered me. The first time I put it on my mobile device I was mesmerized by the way it, without any involvement of my own, loaded a contact list of people I knew who were using it, or not. I was mesmerized until I thought about…
How to Formally and Politey Kill Your LinkedIn Account
Concerned about your privacy and security? Looked up ‘privacy violations LinkedIn’ in a search engine and not feeling so good? Maybe it’s time to delete your account, but you want to make sure that at least your contacts can reach you elsewhere. Here is a step by step about how to say bye-bye in the most courteous way. Compose your…
10 Myths About Electrical Consumption at Home
I have recently started monitoring our home’s electrical consumption on a very granular level. When we went away for a week and came back, I realized that our house was, just by existing, using an average of 4 KWH per day. That’s actually a lot although I’ve not come up with a good analogy. So, I started thinking about whether…
Conspiracy Catch-All Blog Post
I am into conspiracy theories. I don’t find many that I don’t buy into and they all seem to make sense to me, especially when explained against biblical prophecies. The problem is that sometimes I lost track of all the conspiracies I follow! No more. Announcing Wayne Out There’s Conspiracy Catch-All Blog Post. Feel free to add yours in the…
Guinea Pig Catch-All Blog Post
So you want to get a guinea pig or just got one? Why search the world wide webs when I’ve already done it? Please find for your benefit the most useful links I found so far. Hope this is useful for you and please add more to the comments if you find more. Pre-Purchase Research Overview video on YouTube: easy…
The Meaning of the Name Wayne
I have been packing this cheesy little postcard thing around with me my whole life because it has always astounded me at how well it describes me. If it weren’t for this 1970’s dollar store cheap print, I would have probably legally changed my name back to “Daniel” – a name my parents were apparently about to give me before…
Water and Bottles
I felt that there was enough interesting, controversial, educational and even spiritual information surrounding water that it warranted the time of my day. The purpose of this blog post is to create a ‘go to’ place for interesting information about water. I look forward to everyone’s replies with links to other interesting water information. Here is my first batch of…