4G is meant to kill the last trace of common sense in communications
Years ago, the problem when using some cheap Chinese phones in Europe was that they didn't support the 900 MHz WCDMA/UMTS-FDD (UMTS900) 3G band, but only UMTS2100 and either of UMTS850 or…
The most annoying bug in Outlook 2016
Microsoft is the most annoying pest that overtook our planet: the amount of bugs in their Office suite is appalling. Here you have a description of the most outrageous bug in Outlook…
Why Telekom.de mobile phone contracts should be forbidden by law
Like most if not all mobile phone contracts, this one I'm using was signed with for a minimum mandatory period of 2 years. When I moved here, what I needed was a…
The Verdict on Wiko Robby—Weeks Later
It's time that I draw some conclusions with regards to my experience with Wiko Robby. Maybe someone from Wiko will read this, but I won't bother to write in French for them.…
The Hyperloop is snake oil
I promise I won't start a blog with thousands of quick posts a year–I'm done with that for some years now. This is a one-shot feature meant to illustrate how stupidity, gullibility…
Low-RAM Marshmallow—One Week Later
After one week with Wiko Robby, it's time for an updated report. Yes, living with 1 GB of RAM is perfectly acceptable once you're not a gamer. Yet, there are a few…
Marshmallow with 1 GB of RAM—Yes, You Can!
As I was writing two posts on the lack of attention to detail of some reviewers, I was actually exploring for a cheap smartphone. 34 months ago, I purchased a Huawei Ascend…
Nolite mittere high-tech ante porcos
Following a recent post of mine, I kept reading a number of reviews of recent smartphones, and I've been taken aback by the degree of shallowness and sheer stupidity encounter every one…
Microsoft, the keyboard repeat rate and sleeping: how to work around their idiocy
Some laptop keyboards have physical defaults that are so appropriate that there is no need to adjust the repeat rate—Microsoft's keyboard driver's defaults and the keyboard are offering a good example of…
On smartphone sensors
As Pokémon Go is taking over the planet, some people have discovered that their cheap smartphones are lacking a gyroscope–although smartphones that have at least 2 GB of RAM and Android or…
The world is swarming with incompetents…
Some time ago, during a job interview, I was asked at the end why in some version of my résumé I wrote in the soft skills section "attention to detail; good in…
Debunking some myths about SSDs
SSD seemed to be the second best invention since sliced bread and Netflix, unless we remember those OCZ SSD models that died too early after a rather small number of writes. Still, modern…
“A” for “Acer TravelMate P6”
The shoemaker's children go barefoot, they say. As I don't have children, in my case this paradox applies to myself. I always had the cheapest computer and the cheapest smartphone that are powerful…
I’m set for ESET
For some time, most likely up to a year (if not more), I'll be using ESET as a security product on my laptop. Even before switching to a new laptop, I tried ESET…
I’m sorry you had to use TeamViewer
I pity you for your need to use TeamViewer. Or RealVNC. Or Remote Desktop (Terminal Services). Heck, even Remote Assistance (Windows Desktop Sharing). I got it, you must use it at work,…
It’s still a long, long road…
The contents and the structure are not very clear as of yet; the working title is only a first attempt at it; and the cover, obviously, is just a quick thought. But…
Hopefully, Ransomware will reach everyone
It's Good Friday, it's been raining all day long, I'm a bit dizzy and certainly pissed off by this Windows thing. This laptop is overly modest with regards to the CPU, and…
Let’s get going again!
It was about time to revive this blog. From scratch and less "bloggy" than before. On a planet subdued by Facebook and by sites like Medium, ranting almost daily is not a…
Just saying…
...hello, I'm not dead! Not yet.