Author: Mike Moffit
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Yo, Tech Tails readers! Spring is here, sort of! Since I am writing this on the Friday before Tech Tails Tuesday, and taking into account we live in Vermont, there’s a very real possibility that by the time you read this, Vermont will be recovering from a record breaking Nor’Easter. So I’ll go ahead and…
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Solid state, not as solid as it could be?
It’s not like there’s a much better option at the moment, SSDs are crazy fast and getting faster every year. It turns out that flash-based memory, the storage that all modern machines are coming equipped with, has it’s drawbacks like anything else. Before you all riot, I will point out that Apple and drive manufacturers…
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Hello, Tech Tails readers! Happy first Tech Tails article of the spring season! As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, spring is my favorite of all seasons. The brisky mornings, afternoon sunshine, chilly evenings and the waning and waxing temperatures certainly keeps one on their toes. And that could not ring truer than it did this…
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The rise of eSports
I may be dating myself here… wait, scratch that. I am literally dating myself here, but when I was ten years old a movie came out called The Wizard, starring The Wonder Years’ Fred Savage and sponsored heavily by Nintendo. The story revolved around a pair of brothers on a cross-country journey to make it…