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My name is David Wm Wrage.
Welcome to my website/blog. Here you will find out about me, my hobbies, my interests, and what I like to rant about.
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Category Archives: Personal
Papa est mort ce matin.
Dad died in his bed this morning. My mom called me at 5 this morning to let me know Dad was having trouble breathing and to let me know she was calling the ambulance to take my father to the hospital. I beat the ambulance to their house. He was snoring with much difficulty and was not awake. Within a minute or two of the paramedics arriving, no pulse could be found and, with my mom & I’s permission for an attempt to save his life, they were not able to revive him to take him to the hospital. Dad … Continue reading
My brother died today
(I originally posted this on Facebook, but decided to add it here too.) I wrote this during the day to try to cope with this news but chose not to make it public until everyone in the family was aware of the news. My brother died today. I really don’t know how to deal with the grief I’m feeling. For the last 30 years, we’ve been in a love-hate relationship. We had a lot of ups and downs over the years. But through it all, I still loved him and I hope he knew that. I’m sitting here reminiscing about … Continue reading
Chez David is back!
Chez David is back online after a fairly long and unexpected hiatus. My previous provider decided to shut down back in the fall of 2017 without warning and as a result I lost everything including backups of my site. From now on in, I’ll be backing up my site on a personal server on a regular basis. A lot of my posts will slowly rise like phoenixes as I copy them from web.archive.org one at a time. I love that site. It’s helped me recover a lot of stuff I thought was gone forever. I’m not sure if I’ll be … Continue reading
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Inter-University Cooperation
Okay, this stems from having to spend more money than I needed to a couple of weeks ago: You would think that Ohio University located in Ohio, would possibly work with a student (me) from Kent State (also located in Ohio) in purchasing academic-license software. Did I mention I’m an alumnus of Ohio University? Oh well, it cost me $30 more at the local student bookstore that was more than willing to accept my KSU id. Maybe OU has a special deal where Microsoft that says they can’t sell to anyone that is off-campus. Maybe OU just plain doesn’t like … Continue reading
Why are public libraries so important?
Public libraries serve many purposes. In times of old, they served as the repositories of knowledge and wisdom. Today, they serve as portals to the world’s knowledge through books, magazines, video, and the internet. More than ever, libraries are under financial attack. Interestingly, when people need them the most is when their budgets are placed on the cutting blocks and chopped down. When people are out of work or face financial hardships, that is when they turn to their libraries. Libraries supply everyone with a way to search for work through the internet. Libraries give internet access to those who … Continue reading
The right to own what you buy in this digital age.
The right of first sale. You bought a software package a few years back. You came home & installed it on your computer. Now you want to buy a different software package because it is more up to date. You decided to go with a completely different software package simply because it has more bells & whistles than your original software package or maybe it’s just easier to use. Chances are, you will be able to uninstall the original software package and remove it from your computer system completely. BIG HOWEVER: you are not going to be able to re-sell … Continue reading
Open Source Software
Years ago, there were several concepts when it came to software available to the computer user: commercial, shareware, and freeware. Commercial software was the kind you bought before you could use it. Shareware was the kind you could use and if you liked it, you were expected to pay for it (it used to be cheap in cost) on your honor if you continued to use it. Freeware was that kind of a software that someone wrote and simply wanted to pass it around and let others enjoy its use. At first shareware worked quite well. I myself have paid … Continue reading
