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CES gives great consumer advice

Of what NOT to buy, of course.

The immense stupidity of uselessly wireless tools

Seriously: why do we MUST buy so stupidly?

Sherlock Holmes would love rationing

As he said, when you have eliminated all which is impossible…

We HAD been warned about coming digital stupidity

Another of those obvious things that are never repeated too much.

The chargers that should not exist

Sometimes, real innovation is the COURAGE to refuse fake innovation.

All the absurdity of modern copyright, in ONE removal

Today’s copyright law is ridiculous and offensive, to say the least, and this week it’s Mr Roger’s Neighborhood" turn to prove it. Andrea James writes on Boing Boing that "Over the weekend, two episodes of Mister Roger's Neighborhood "Conflict" series unexpectedly appeared on YouTube after being unavailable for three decades. YouTube quickly removed them, but to many, the timing felt related to Trump's plans to defund PBS." The full story is here, but I’m not mentioning it it because it may “be a message to Trump”.