Take a look at the composite picture above: What do the five faces have in common? I’ll just wait here while you ponder. Hint: It’s not the Dave Clark Five. It’s not the Five Amigos. It’s not the Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It’s not the Five Guys. It’s not the Five Pillars of Islam. No, my friends, these five faces represent the closest resemblance to yours […]
Gadgets galore
The other day I was thinking about getting an Amazon Echo. No reason, really, other than being a total sucker for electronic gadgets of all kinds. I’m also a sucker for slick marketing and word of mouth, which has made a strong case that life without Alexa is barren and futile. I really should know better by now. Years ago I was among the first to buy […]
Borrowed knowledge is better than none
Over the past couple of days I’ve built a new computer. That was the easy part. Now it’s a matter of getting everything to work as it should — not just all the speedy new hardware, but the new operating system known as Windows 8. So far I don’t like the OS much, but my wife does and I’ve heard that most people eventually warm to it. […]
Rolling the dice on a new ISP
Today I’m hanging around waiting for the Comcast guy to show up. You know how that works: They give you a two- or three-hour window for when they’ll be there, so you can’t go for a run, or take a shower or walk the dog. I’m even reluctant to go out back and pull weeds, since I’d probably never hear the doorbell. And then I’d face another […]
Don’t pick up the SOPA
I won’t be joining today’s protest over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), since a quick glance of my site traffic reveals that nobody would notice if I did. It’s a two-edged sword, running an unread blog: You are completely free of responsibility, but you are also completely without influence. Ah, well. At least nobody’s trying to censor it. Back to SOPA. Since I’ve made it a […]