Resetting a Mirra: discovery error
If you’re using Mirra and you experience a problem where the client software can’t discover or detect the Mirra server, try hitting CTRL-SHIFT-R in the application to reset Mirra. This undocumented command will refresh the cached network settings and possibly resolve your trouble. In a situation where I’d recently updated the client software and device firmware and things fell out of sync, and all other troubleshooting — Mirra services running, antivirus/firewall properly configured
Natural resources: some are more scarce than others
The United States has one of the best public water systems in the world, but Americans are avid consumers of bottled water. The price of oil is an obsession, but we pay much more per unit for bottled water… and of course, we can find water for a much cheaper price at any household faucet. The irony continues: huge amounts of oil are required to create the plastic which bottles the water