Observations of a NeoDigital Luddite
I’m in the process of prepping for a long motorcycle trip in June. As part of that preparation, I’m also trying out a new GPS – the TomTom Rider 400. Just getting going with it, not enough to say about it yet to post anything. At a later date, that. I like to listen to Read More …
Well, it sort of works. This is something a little new to me, and is way outside of my typical computerized comfort zone. I have plenty of friends (you know who you are) who are way better at this stuff than I am, certainly. In experimenting with various play toys available for this here Word Read More …
One of the other things beside my bike and me that got damaged during my little oops back in December was my personal Galaxy S5 phone. I had it in the same pocket as a set of keys (dumb…) and when I hit the ground, even though the phone itself survived, the rear facing camera Read More …
I have to admit that I did not read Andy Weir’s novel The Martian until after I’d seen the movie. The movie proving, as several of my friends have pointed out, especially in combination with what happened in Interstellar, that you never, ever, ever get in to an airlock with Matt Damon… My take on Read More …
While I was writing a recent post, I was flipping around through my music collection. I’m in my middle 50’s so I have music in my collection from when I was a kid in the 60’s and 70’s. But, and I’m not exactly sure why I’m a little surprised by this, I have a good Read More …
Music. Most of us have a fair amount of it. Pretty much everyone I know has been collecting music for most of their lives. I’m no different. My collections over the years have included vinyl LP records – many of them “Audiophile” albums that were really expensive, cassette tapes – including the fancy “metal” and Read More …
When I moved to my new place recently, I faced a practical problem that I hadn’t needed to deal with in previous domiciles. The way the apartment is laid out, I had no path to run the cables for the rear speakers for my Bose Acoustimass sound system without having to run them in front Read More …
Jobs and Woz – yes, those guys – once sold illegal electronic devices to the rich and powerful of Hollywood. This is one of hundreds of tidbits of information within the covers of a highly enjoyable book I’ve just finished reading, Exploding the Phone by Phil Lapsley. Through the course of five years, over 100 Read More …
For both my work and personal projects I end up doing some technical drawing. I’m not a professional drafter or artist or the like, but I find it easier to communicate in pictures sometimes when presenting some topics. Particularly those involving spacial relationships – office layouts, how mechanical equipment will fit in a room, etc. Read More …
… do not face burst until ten seconds after the first light. There is a book sitting in my book case entitled “How to Photograph an Atomic Bomb” by Peter Kuran. I picked it up in the gift shop during a visit a few years ago to the Titan II missile museum in Sahuarita, Arizona. Read More …