You can’t use the word “p#rn” on Google because as everyone knows, Google is so carefully-regulated and selective about who publishes on their site, one need never worry about what one might see there. It’s the word, NOT the subject… Read More ›
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WHEN PHONE CALLS WERE FUN
A FRIDAY FLASHBACK AS TRUE NOW AS WHEN I ORIGINALLY WROTE IT At 7 in the morning, I woke up. I tried to remember my dream. Something about cats made of smoke and a clothesline that was part of a… Read More ›
LAST ON THE CARDS – APRIL 2022
Last on the Card – April 2022 I suppose I was lucky. Usually, I forget everything almost immediately, but since I took these very last yesterday and didn’t get around to processing them until now, they were waiting for me. There… Read More ›
REMEMBER WHEN PHONE CALLS WERE FUN?
FLASHBACK FROM 2020 AND AMAZINGLY, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS CHANGED! Rolling slowly out of bed, I tried to remember what I’d been dreaming about. Something about cats made of smoke and a clothesline that was part of a computer game. And… Read More ›
THE NEW COMPUTER
It’s done. I actually spent the money to get it set up today. Otherwise, it would have been a week of messing with it. It’s not that I don’t know how. It’s that I didn’t want to do it again…. Read More ›
A PROVOCATIVE QUESTION RERUN
Fandango’s Provocative Question #6 Revisited It’s a rerun, but it’s probably even more relevant now than it was the first time around. “Is technological advancement a net positive or a net negative?” Technological advancement is too broad a term for me… Read More ›
NEWS OF THE DAY
Last night was the first time Garry saw me throw away a couple of drawings. He seemed shocked. I’m not sure exactly why. Waste of very good paper? Waste of all that work? But the thing is, not every drawing… Read More ›
WELCOME TO FEBRUARY – WORLD SHARING TIME AGAIN
SHARE YOUR WORLD 1-30-2022 January ended with the biggest ever blizzard for the month of January. We have had bigger blizzards in other months, but this one was the winner for January. Not to worry because now they are predicting more… Read More ›
THE HELL OF GETTING HACKED
Another rerun that’s strangely timely — from earlier this year (but I forgot I published it, so you problem don’t remember reading it) — this was Fandango’s Provocative Question #127 Let me start with a rerun of the post I wrote… Read More ›
CHANGES BUT NOT MANY
As I plod my way through the new Adobe applications, I’m not shocked by how much has changed. I’m more surprised at how little has changed. Considering that the most recent version of Photoshop I used is more than 10… Read More ›
GETTING HACKED IS HELL
Fandango’s Provocative Question #127 Let me start with a rerun of the post I wrote when we got hacked in 2018. Not surprisingly, it was called “HACKED.” Actually, there were two of them: “HACKED AND HATING IT” and the next day,… Read More ›
GETTING HACKED
There have been a lot of big hacks lately. Mostly these have been called ransomware attacks. They’ve hit an oil company, hospitals, electric companies. They also, rather casually, will attack anyone else they can, even if it’s for just a… Read More ›
THE GOOD OLD DAYS – WHEN PHONE CALLS WERE FUN
“Holy shit,” I said to no one at all. “That HURTS.” I was referring to my back and left hip (aka “the good one”). It was early. Although morning often is accompanied by stiffness and pain, I don’t normally wake up with… Read More ›
IF TV HACKERS LIVED IN THE REAL WORLD – TOM CURLEY
I watch a lot of TV. Probably too much. I’m fond of action shows. I’m really fond of all the various comic book shows. The single thing these shows have in common is they all have at least one computer genius…. Read More ›
RENOVATE A COMPUTER
I keep thinking this is my new computer, but this was belied by realizing I actually bought it in 2016 — and that my computer is so packed with dog hair and dust, the keys were sticking. The sticking keys… Read More ›
TACHYON WAVES, WARP DRIVES, AND A TOASTER OVEN
Garry and I binge watched the entire “Star Trek: Next Generation” four years ago on Netflix. We had missed the show’s initial run. 1987 through 1994 were busy years. Digging into careers. Getting married. Moving again. Watching television wasn’t a… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 