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This Edition 1 complete set is no longer available. It belonged to my best friend who died exactly 4 years ago. Should you be interested, I've just listed it on eBay...

HMV which had several stores in the some of the eastern US states and in Canada, is making a comeback in Toys "R" Us stores in Canada: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/02/01/hmv-store-toys-r-us-locations-canada/

It's not always safe to use your computer to charge an appliance: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/02/vibrator-virus-steals-your-personal-information?utm_source=iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20240226_februaryweeklynewsletter_v4_170864216638&utm_content=vibrator_virus

I have a ThinkPad T530 which I bought used a couple of years ago. It performs well but the battery performance is rather poor now. Does somebody have experience with another brand of batteries that performs as well as the genuine brand? I would appreciate comments on reliability of that...

Adding all appliances and gadgets used at home might surprise you. Here is some interesting info which I found and desired to share for the benefit of some of us: https://www.inspirecleanenergy.com/blog/sustainable-living/does-unplugging-appliances-save-electricity

The APC brand's own replacement battery model RBC109 for the RS1300 is retailing at C$99.99 which I find a little too costly. Has anyone any experience with the more affordable AJC brand batteries?

Here is an article which provides details...

Taking the Glycine amino acid, as athletes do, can prevent and fight viruses: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464620305429 That amino acid which was considered as non essential, is now considered as essential. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) which is also mentioned has...

https://www.canadadrives.ca/blog/car-guide/vinfast-canada-models-previewed

If you get a PC or cell phone serviced at repair stores, is your personal info watched or even copied by store staff? If it happens in Canada, I am almost certain that it is also the situation in the United States. It's as bad as it gets...

Kia and Nissan are among the worst offenders including Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/

Around 2010, I bought a Blu-ray version of Charles Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" opera. I played the disc several times over the years and it provided a flawless performance. Last Saturday, I put the disc in my Sony UBP-X800 player. To my surprise, I got the message "Unknown disc". I tried it...

A Cheaper and Safer Alternative to Viagra and Other Erectile Dysfunction Drugs (Copied from Dr Sherry A. Rogers’ book entitled: “The High Blood Pressure Hoax!”) Researchers have found that when the blood vessel lining or endothelium is healthy and making enough nitric oxide, this prevents many...

This is a real scourge...

Here is a good article about ways to control some diffraction problems: https://audioxpress.com/article/Diffraction-Doesn-t-Have-to-Be-a-Problem

Of course, you shouldn't have a stuffy nose to play it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose_flute Here is a jazz musician, Roland Kirk, playing one:

So far this year, close to 25 million acres have been destroyed in Quebec, an historical record. It's just the beginning for our warmed up planet.

That quantity was also poured elsewhere before, not funny at all: https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/severe/landslide-leaves-two-people-missing-in-quebecs-saguenay-lac-saint-jean

I wish to replace my defective desktop PC speaker system. I need an amp to drive a pair of reasonably sized passive full range speakers which I already own. I have been thinking about the compact Dayton DTA-PRO amplifier. This has enough power to drive my little bookshelf speakers...

It's about bootlegging during the prohibition period between Quebec and the United States which ended 100 years ago. Quebec’s Al Capone It was in an early 20th century North America, lifting the elbow under the yoke of prohibition, that a young baker by the name of Conrad Labelle would trade...