Bitter Grounds Magazine

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Junk mail solution – if I buy your product, will it delete you?

Mar 7, 2019 | Memoirs of an analogue person

Like everyone else, I get a lot of unwanted junk mail. Today, I spotted this gem and wondered if it would solve the spam problem. "Say Goodbye to Every Pest You can Think Of!" I seriously considered buying their product in a fit of wishful thinking. I mean, I can...

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Moon mail – celebrating the anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing

Mar 17, 2019 | Stamps

It’s been 50 years since the Apollo Moon landing, and this little stamp captured the world’s excited glimpse of humans stepping out beyond earth. I remember watching this on a black and white tv. As a child, I had the barest awareness that I was watching an important...

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More Toronto wall art – bright city lights

Mar 8, 2019 | photos & digital art

I've been digging through older photos, looking for something a bit cheery to blow away the winter blues. My mom often reads through Bitter Grounds, offering ideas and advice. Around Christmas she looked over her glasses at me (never a good thing) and told me to...

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Mouse scrolling disabled in Win 10 – last ditch fix

Mar 5, 2019 | apps | software | computers

I've been plagued by an irritating problem for the past 2 weeks. After a Win 10 update, the mouse scrolling was disabled. I did a deep dive into settings and couldn't figure out why a second HID device kept popping up. No new mouse had been purchased or installed but...

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Looks like nipple to me

Jan 10, 2019 | typography, typos & design

I sat for at least 5 min, chin on hand, pondering an ad that popped up on my Facebook page. I cocked my head a few times and thought “dear, oh dear, oh dear, where was their proof reader?” I’m having a mini debate with myself whether the choice of font was...

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NASA patent & technical drawing bonanza

Mar 13, 2019 | history of tech

I’ve been rooting around looking for interesting patents to explore and came across NASA’s Apollo Drawings and Technical Drawings page. I was looking for a couple of space-related patents and started with NASA's website to see if I could narrow down specific items to...