Recognition. Finally. In 2021, after almost a quarter of a century. It’s so nice to see that beautiful charging red, white, and blue logo in the headlines. The patience and loyalty of the fans, the… Continue Reading Let’s Go Buffalo!
Whether intentional or just an accident of technological development or some strange strategy that involves plausible deniablility, in the end it is a lie? What’s the lie? Answer: LinkedIn’s statement about posting links in posts.… Continue Reading A Lie or Half Truth
Where did providers come up with how much “bandwidth” is needed to watch a video. Not to reference a “buried lede”… It’s about money. Frontier says you need to purchase a 25 Mb/S to properly… Continue Reading Bandwidth Lies
One might not consider the word comedy in the same sentence as concrete block. As it turns out, it is quite possible. How you ask. Well run down to your local HomeDepot.com web site and… Continue Reading Comedy with a Concrete Block
…but what about the other .1%? 99.9% is certainly a great milestone to reach in many instances. It’s not so great if it is a percentage that indicates failure rate (and other things too). But… Continue Reading 99.9%
A long time ago I drove a car that had a cassette tape player. This player had a relatively new feature where, OH MY GOSH, it could play both sides of the tape without removing… Continue Reading Backmasking
Have you ever gotten something for free? I have. Aside from all the gifts from parents and friends over the years, I have gotten a couple of things for free. And I’m not talking about… Continue Reading Guilty Gift
I lost my Weightlifting Belt! The good news is that I got it back. That part of the story isn’t even the interesting part. The interesting part is belts history. And it is quite a… Continue Reading Lost and Found
I have had a production question about Breaking Bad that I’ve had for almost a decade. And here’s how the question evolved. I had occasion to watch many of the Breaking Bad episodes while I… Continue Reading Breaking Bad – White Household
The Vast of Night is an interesting film worth watching. If you’ve seen it, have you thought about another movie that has almost the exact same premise? Here’s a hint: Substitute a bunch of autonomous… Continue Reading Maximum Night
What better place to start than the beginning… The first day of the week is Sunday. Simple, think about the word sun and add day to the end of it. Easy. OK, next Munday. Nope,… Continue Reading A Conversation with a Child on Spelling the Days of the Week
Have you ever wondered if your mind is playing tricks on you? That happened to me today as I was driving to the gym. On a road that I’ve driven on hundreds, if not thousands… Continue Reading Slower
The Commodore 64 was NEVER more expensive than the TRS-80 Color computer or any other equivalent computer (the Sinclare ZX series was not as powerful). This article is more about setting the record straight on… Continue Reading Ready Player One and Price
What was it like to write something a hundred years ago? A few hundred years ago? And those aren’t even the right questions. Steven King (yes that Mr. King) has utilized long hand on paper… Continue Reading Typing
Boy, oh boy. Man, oh man. Girl, oh girl. Woman, oh woman. Whichever applies. Have I got some thoughts about swimming pools for you today. In ground or above ground, those things are work! Of… Continue Reading Pool Disillusion
What does one do during the Covid-19 Virus outbreak to stay in shape if one is used to going to the gym on almost a daily basis. Run? Sure. Bike. That too. But that’s legs… Continue Reading Weights and Stuff
I have the bag of Kettle Chips used in one of the first takes of a scene in the movie “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”. It wasn’t the bag that made it into the final… Continue Reading A Small Piece of Movie History
My last mortgage refinancing was about mid 2013. The graph says it all. OK, I can’t help it, “Can’t touch this!” (Except if I just paid cash for the house that is)
I heard a joke about a Panda the other day and decided to rewrite it a bit. It is told from an third person direct narrative perspective as most jokes like this are. I turned… Continue Reading Pandas
