Posted in Computers, Computers and Internet, Health, Health and Wellness, Internet, Life, News, News and Politics, Science and Technology, Technology, Wellness on April 13, 2008 | No Comments »
As you’ve no doubt been able to tell, I’m not killing myself writing new posts on my blog. Seems there are others who have been, however.
Pity.
Posted in Computers, Computers and Internet, Entertainment, Hobbies, Internet, Life, Music, News, News and Politics, Science and Technology, Technology on April 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wireless. It’s hip, it’s modern, it’s what’s new. It’s also retro, quaint, and old fashioned. Radio has been around for more than a hundred years, had its “Golden Age” before television “killed” it years ago. Not so much killed it, I suppose, as severely wounded it.
And yet, radio endures. Commercial radio, however, is now as [...]
Posted in Automobiles, Computers, Computers and Internet, Entertainment, Hobbies, Life on February 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Another entry from the “late to the party files”: PC driving games. More precisely, auto racing simulation software. Games don’t have to ground themselves in reality. Simulations are a completely different story and, for me, the history of the PC and simulation software go hand-in-hand.
There is something deeply satisfying in mastering a new skill, in acquiring and developing [...]
Posted in Computers, Entertainment, Humor, Internet, Photography on January 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
One of ours.
Posted in Computers, Computers and Internet, Entertainment, Hobbies, Internet, Music on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I’ve observed elsewhere, I don’t exactly live on the bleeding edge. That said, I am not new to the world of online music services, whether it’s a radio station streaming live, audio archives of a favorite program, Hearts of Space, StillStream, or MSN Radio (now Pandora). The kids are all on iTunes - so [...]
Posted in Blogroll, Computers, Computers and Internet, Hobbies, Internet, Life, Writing on November 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In a recent post on his blog my friend Brian reminded me of my own interest in fountain pens and got me thinking about the tools we use to communicate in writing. Fountain pens are no longer the minor fad they were ten years or so ago, but pen collecting has its share of avid devotees. There are sites [...]
