Category Archives: Technology

And We’re Back…

With images! Twelve days ago I wrote about my beard growth and included a photo. When I posted it, not only did the photo NOT appear but I noticed that ALL my post photos from the past were also not … Continue reading

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Left My Phone In The Uber

You know that thing you say you’ll never do? And then how you feel when you do it? That was me yesterday afternoon. Don’t be like me; prepare yourself for the inevitable. While I’ve been deployed to Puerto Rico I … Continue reading

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Music CDs No More?

Best Buy announced recently that they would stop selling music CDs in all of its stores by July of this year, while Target is considering moving to a consignment only deal for any music CDs it sells. The news has … Continue reading

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My Blog Was Hacked – What I Learned

Last night before bed I scheduled my post about the anniversary of The Family Circus comic strip to post just after midnight and went to sleep. I awoke this morning and wanted to check my overnight stats, but when I … Continue reading

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Luxo Jr.

I’m currently reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs that I bought and had autographed by Mr. Isaacson at the Austin Book Festival this past November.  The man’s life was complicated and the story is mesmerizing…or maybe his life was … Continue reading

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The New Yorker “Playdate” Cover

The cover of today’s New Yorker magazine features the theme of a modern-day playdate where two girls are in the same room playing “Minecraft” with each other on their separate devices. My middle granddaughter, Heather, is a big fan of … Continue reading

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My iPhone Wallpaper

A few weeks ago, one of the members of a Facebook Comic Book Collecting group I’m a member of asked us to post a screen capture of our mobile phone wallpaper. All of those posted, of course, had some tie-in … Continue reading

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Lifehacker “How I Work” Profiles

I enjoy the Lifehacker website. They have a wide variety of tech and non-tech pointers that help streamline your life. I make heavy use of their RSS feed in my Feedly reader to keep up with all the good stuff … Continue reading

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Color Blind

My maternal grandfather was color blind. He could only see shades of gray. Life for him was like the black & white TV of my youth. It did no good to describe colors to him; how could it? You can’t … Continue reading

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Are We In Danger Of Losing Our Digital Memories?

Last week the “father of the Internet” (no, not Al Gore), Vint Cerf, sounded an alarm about the preservation of digital information, specifically our personal writings and photographic memories, but also government records. His concern is not the disappearance of … Continue reading

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