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Peter Andersen: 19 January 1946–29 April 2024
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Peter Andersen: 19 January 1946–29 April 2024

Obituary for “Korau” Peter Andersen: 19 January 1946–29 April 2024 It is with sadness we learned that our long-term contributor, Peter Andersen, aka Korau, has passed away in Lower Hutt. Peter provided “Word of the Day” firstly on the Whaleoil blog and latterly on The BFD website from early

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Tech Talk: Emailing Large Files
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Tech Talk: Emailing Large Files

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: I Almost Bought a Frankenwatch
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Tech Talk: I Almost Bought a Frankenwatch

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: Meta Values Your Data

Tech Talk: Meta Values Your Data

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: ProtonMail
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Tech Talk: ProtonMail

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: Replacement Computer and the Doolally Express!
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Tech Talk: Replacement Computer and the Doolally Express!

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: Your Car Knows
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Tech Talk: Your Car Knows

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: To Pay or Not Pay?
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Tech Talk: To Pay or Not Pay?

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: Choice Is King for Linux
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Tech Talk: Choice Is King for Linux

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: Easy Update
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Tech Talk: Easy Update

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: Dark Patterns
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Tech Talk: Dark Patterns

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: Electric Vehicles
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Tech Talk: Electric Vehicles

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: How Do I Write?
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Tech Talk: How Do I Write?

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: Remove Unwanted Web Page Elements
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Tech Talk: Remove Unwanted Web Page Elements

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Why I write for The BFD
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Why I write for The BFD

**I note that the editor of The BFD asks for articles to be submitted for consideration and publication. I have been an author for The BFD for some time, and before that for the blog, Whaleoil. I submitted Word of The Day on both sites, and my length of submission

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Tech Talk: Gnu’s or Not
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Tech Talk: Gnu’s or Not

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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