Category Archives: About the Guide

The “what’s on now” page has had a random factoid for a long time. Cc offered the idea that random tips could help people see non obvious things. While many of the existing factoids are political, the database and mechanism … Continue reading →

Facebook started blocking the server from getting updated Facebook counts. Does any volunteer care, or should I just delete that?

WordPress (the software this blog uses) sends people email for a variety of reasons – the most important of which is to validate new registrations. You can also request to be notified if someone replies to your comments. A while … Continue reading →

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Let’s say there was a breaking major news event like 75 people being killed by terrorists at the Ankara train station in Turkey (happened a month ago) and you wanted to use this directory to find a radio station to … Continue reading →

If you have an iOS device, the Pages app has much of the functionality of the original Macintosh and will be very familiar to Apple users. I’m about as good an artist as most millennials are at writing songs.

Now that I’m on a slower internet connection, web bloat gets much more obvious. My connection can download about 300 KB per second, still 50x faster than dialup. This is not even slightly atypical. Clear Channel: (iHeart!) 5 MB of … Continue reading →

Those of you who who spend more time listening to music – what do you think “Alternative” means? In addition to Alternative Rock, I’ve found stations with Alternative Christian Contemporary, Alternative Christian Rock, Alternative Latino, Alternative Country. What’s it all … Continue reading →

HDRadio.com offers an iOS app to let you find those secret HD radio stations, along with information for those Luddites who have ignored the HD radio ads for a decade. I’m in North Carolina, and Everyone in North Careolina Loves … Continue reading →