Because technology should be the means, not the end.

But I hope you’ll go down swinging—and shouting orders to somebody, whether they make sense or not. We don’t expect kittens to fight wildcats and win—we merely expect them to try.

Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

Tag: TracFone

Listening to MP3s on my TracFone … and a warning.

January 6, 2013November 8, 2022 Andrew Comeau

I remember my first MP3 player back in 2004. I don’t remember the brand but it was an off-brand made in Japan with an liquid crystal display, a manual that had been badly translated into English and a high price tag that did as much as the rest of the device to show how new…

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Back to basics … my first TracFone

December 31, 2012November 8, 2022 Andrew Comeau

A couple of years ago, I was dazzled by the new HTC EVO 4G smartphone that a supervisor had gotten himself. I was about ready to change out phones, anyway and when I saw all the things the Android phone could do that my old phone couldn’t, I was sold. I was taken aback slightly…

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