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From Datatilsynet: [T]he message from the Danish Data Protection Agency is that if you use Google Analytics, you must put in place a plan to bring your use of into compliance by implementing supplementary measures. Many European Union countries have taken a hard line against Google as of late. I will not summarize the entire report (you can read it for yourself), but the […]

On September 18, 2022, the Associated Press published a report titled Prospect of far-right female premier divides Italian women. The prompt for the article is that Ms. Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy party, is apparently well-positioned (if the polls are to be believed) to be the next Italian Premier after the September 25 election. From the headline, one might expect a report on how some women […]

Back in July, I wrote about switching from Thunderbird 91 in the Manjaro package repositories to Thunderbird 102 in the Arch User Repository. I stuck with the new and shiny version of Thunderbird with no issues. In late August, I changed my entire desktop operating system from Manjaro Linux to EndeavourOS. While both Manjaro and EndeavourOS are based on Arch Linux, EndeavourOS uses the regular Arch […]

All of our year-in-review posts (see 2020 and 2021), month-in-review posts, and newsletters benefit from our 100% local free and open source analytics solution, Koko Analytics. I reviewed Koko Analytics in depth in January 2022. It is a great tool for privacy-conscious WordPress admins with simple needs because it tracks page visits without collecting identifiable information about visitors or sending information to third parties (it also respects […]

I tried my Game Boy Operator (see post on purchase). It is a small USB peripheral which allows a computer to read Game Boy cartridges. I only have a few Game Boy and Game Boy Advance cartridges on hand for testing. One feature of the Game Boy Operator is that  it detects whether a cartridge is authentic enough. The first cartridge that I tested […]

From a report by Brad Matthews at The Washington Times: Political reforms were also on the menu Saturday, as President [Kassym-Jomart] Tokayev altered his office’s term limits. Presidents will no longer be able to run for reelection, but will now have a term of seven years instead of five. Moreover, the reform is designed to be irreversible (albeit, whether presidential term limits are enforced is often more of […]