A new look for the joint
Regulars here may notice that I freshened up the site with a new look. What do you think? Gone are the bulky header photo (on every page, which was an… in...
Category: tech
Old dog, new tricks
In my ongoing struggle with tech, it wasn’t surprising that at some point, I’d have to replace a laptop battery. So it was with my half decade-ish o...
My unrequited love of tech rolls on
For those who aren’t familiar enough with me to know smaller details of my life, know this: I love technology and all the cool stuff it can do, but the fe...
Get digitally broad and have a backup plan
I just read this article as linked from today’s Briefing Day newsletter. It’s quick and really worth a read. In short, it talks about a game develop...
Looking back on a month off of social media
Today marks the last day of my month away from Twitter and Mastodon (and Tumblr, which I recently realized I was still on). What I will or won’t do with T...
Happy I’m off Facebook, and Twitter is probably next
I recently wrote about my choice to take a one-month hiatus from all social media (or rather, the scant social sites I’m on these days), and how that̵...
A funny thing happened on my way to quitting social media for a month
Social Medialess October isn’t a thing. But perhaps it should be. I finally quit Facebook a handful of months back after long intending to ditch it for go...
The rare times the universe talks to me, I listen
I’m not a big believer in capital-s Signs. By which I’m not speaking of Shyamalan’s okay 2002 offering, but rather signs from, if you will, th...
Stop motion is cool
As I’d written about back in earlier days of isolation, I’m trying out making some stop motion videos. It’s been a while since I took a crack ...
How to feel old fast
My nine-year-old daughter has had some interest in coding for the last couple of years. Now bear in mind, at that age, “coding” is pretty much using...