What an absolutely bonkers week. We sent students home at the end of the day last Friday for 3 weeks. I put together an online learning program in 4 days. Going out is grinding to a halt while the stock market tanks. One bright spot was the sign language interpreter with Governor Dewine’s press conferences. Unfortunately, she hasn’t been at… Read more →
When I was at Miami University, the up town Taco Bell closed, and we were stuck living life without having access to a Taco Bell. Even as it left, I never was as dedicated at these Penn State students holding vigil for closed Taco Bell. Maybe a literary magazine dedicated to Taco Bell would help? Before Sony brought the Playstation… Read more →
It was Saturday morning and I was going through my RSS feeds when I read an article talking about photo backups. That’s when I learned that Amazon Photos offers unlimited photo storage with an Amazon Prime membership. Full resolution images Google Photos offers unlimited photo storage too, albeit at a lower resolution of 2048×2048. While this is a pretty good… Read more →
Facebook has lost its luster with me awhile ago, and part of the reason was the issues with politics. Apparently, I can’t blame social media for all of our polarized politics. It’s still not enough to get me back to FB. And yes, it is ironic if you are reading this article because I shared it to my Facebook page.… Read more →
More and more of life leaves bits of digital information about us on numerous devices and services. This may include cloud services. Keybase is a service I’ve been checking out as way to securely save and share information, encrypted. Sell it to me Goz Keybase provides messaging services, cloud storage, and team messaging services, along with encryption to support everything.… Read more →
Technology has become ubiquitous, and it’s hard to imagine some of the foundations of how things work. Copy and paste is one of them. The creator of copy and paste passed away this past week. Xerox Parc had no idea what they had, but I don’t fault them. Back then, personal computers was the wild west. People and companies didn’t… Read more →
I was going to write about the Industrial Light & Magic’s technology for The Mandalorian in this week’s This Geek in Review, but I was too excited to wait. It all starts with this behind the scene look at the production of Disney’s The Mandalorian. As you watch the videos and look at the pictures, it’s hard to see the… Read more →
What happens when your 75 year old mother plays through Red Dead Redemption 2? You get an incredible essay on videogames and the concept of art. There are spoilers in the article, so beware if you don’t want to be spoiled about RDR2. I guess one way of taking revenge against a former employer is to try to sabotage their… Read more →
It was a cold, dark day, November 24, 2006, when I joined Facebook and posted this gem: I’m assuming it was cold and dark since it was November. The date is the day after Thanksgiving, so I’m blaming the turkey. For several years, it was all fun and good, but I’ve become disenchanted with FB over the years. I’ve moved… Read more →
There are good discussions going on now about mental health and wellness, but not enough talk about the little things that one can do to help themselves. By deactivating Facebook one can not only increase their happiness but also decrease their political polarization on the issues. Sounds like a win-win. I read so much about how everyone sucks in politics,… Read more →