The Crows
Over the last 20 years, crows, which were never native here, have been completely inundating us. Unfortunately, this guy didn’t have the sense to hold his phone horizontally, but still.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yab4UxRXwcg And from From our local CBS affiliate: “Crows flocking to … Continued
The Minimalists Are on Netflix
I’ve been a fan of The Minimalists for quite some time. In fact, Joshua & Ryan are the guys who first got me to thinking about “Digital Minimalism” — ways I could leverage technology to digitize & preserve the things that … Continued
The Epson WorkForce WF-3620 & Printing From a Chromebook
I’m not a fan of printers, Never have been. I rarely need to print anything these days, and in fact, have been trying to go paperless, so the whole notion of committing something to paper seems counter-productive. For me, it’s … Continued
Crap… It’s Cold!
The coldest day of the year here, so far in San Diego (don’t laugh — upper 50s here IS cold), and wouldn’t you know it… The old furnace decided to take a sabbatical. The blower motor was replaced a few … Continued
Last Time On Chicago Radio
Going through my old stuff, “digitizing life,” I came across this ancient recording (Mid-90s?) of my last show on Chicago Radio. From “High-above Chicago’s skyline”, this is what I sounded-like back then.
Road Construction is a (Noisy) Pain
For three days now, our subdivision has had a crew ripping-out, and re-paving the streets. If you’ve never had to endure that before, count your blessings. It is, perhaps, the noisiest thing you’ll endure. I feel for the folks who … Continued
Are Label Makers Still a Thing?
While we continue to digitize our lives, we were opening some boxes that haven’t been opened in years, and came-across this old “label maker.” This Brother P-Touch PT-110 Stood The Test of Time I attached the first label I’d made with … Continued
Google Cloud Print Torpedoed My Epson Printer
UPDATE 12/8/15 – Woke up this morning, and found things back to normal. Over in the Google Help Forums, Google’s Brian Blietz wrote, “We were able to diagnose and address the issue earlier today. For those that have disabled Cloud Print … Continued
Changing Things Around!
Just a quick note to apologize for the chaos. I’m in the process of migrating from Google’s Blogger platform, to self-hosted WordPress. Since I have only limited time for this project, the transition may not be quick, so I appreciate … Continued
ZeroLemon SolarJuice 20000mAh Review
I’ve been meaning to write a review on this ZeroLemon SolarJuice 20000mAh battery pack, but just never got around to it. Until today! I picked-one of these up a few months ago, and it’s proven to be a reliable backup power source during … Continued