Archive for 'History notes'

Last Week in Review 26 03 29

March 29th, 2026 – 7:33 pm
Tagged as: History notes

  Disabling Microsoft 365 Copilot from Startup on Windows 10 is a bit of a challenge for those familiar with Windows from the old days. It does not appear in Autoruns anywhere, nor does it appear in MSCONFIG. It only appears in the task manager startup section.[1] I have done this to run H & R [...]

The Castle and Copyrights

March 12th, 2026 – 7:47 pm
Tagged as: History notes

The Castle is a book by Franz Kafka.  It entered the Public Domain the United States.  It is a wonderful book. I picked one up at a Friends of the Library book sale. That is one of those sales where American libraries sell their old books.  Most American Libraries keep no old books.   When Ceasar [...]

Greek letters

October 13th, 2024 – 8:22 pm
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This is a list of Greek letters and their names. α alpha β beta γ gamma δ delta ε epsilon ζ zeta η eta θ theta ι iota κ kappa λ lamda μ mu ν nu ξ xi ο omicron π pi ρ rho σ/ς sigma/final sigma τ tau υ upsilon φ phi χ chi [...]

Simon Says and use Mojeek

June 26th, 2024 – 4:16 am
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The Simon Says blog has been online for a long time. Here is an entry from 2008 about ripping CDs on a Mac.  In a way this site shows what is wrong with the web.  Twenty years ago blogs and websites had favorites and blog rolls.  Through this people discovered many great sites.  Around 2012 [...]