Hello, fellow Gazetteers. I trust that your household pets are thus far avoiding becoming science projects. I was going to do a long post about how I’m pretty sure I had COVID-19 in the first week of February, as I suffered many of the symptoms that the CDC are now putting forth, but tested negative… Continue reading Random Thursday: The Friday [Semi-Lockdown] Edition
Category: Technology
Hawk Gawk / Drone Moan
The pair of red-shouldered hawks in our neighborhood have built a nest in a huge oak tree in the lot just to the west of our house. I wasn’t completely confident of this fact until yesterday, but the circumstantial evidence was pretty strong. We could see a mass of twigs and small limbs waaaay up… Continue reading Hawk Gawk / Drone Moan
Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
Apologies to the Queen of Soul for the post title, but the question is a valid one today, albeit for different reasons than Aretha anticipated. And the answer seems to be…pretty much everyone. One of the few beneficiaries of the COVID lockdowns is the maker of the videoconferencing software, Zoom. I guess it’s been around… Continue reading Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
Random Thursday: The Friday Edition
It’s cold and rainy and dreary…and I’ve decided that I’d be the world’s worst arsonist. It might have taken hours to build, but it is cozy. I did finally get a conflagration going in the fireplace, but it took an entire edition of the Wall Street Journal and most of my kindling to accomplish that.… Continue reading Random Thursday: The Friday Edition
Retrospect: 20 years ago, I built websites
2020 marks a milestone of sorts for yours truly. Twenty years ago this month, I semi-voluntarily* left a position with one of the largest energy companies in the world and embarked on a new career in the glamorous but low-paying world of website design. The World Wide Web was still in relative infancy at that… Continue reading Retrospect: 20 years ago, I built websites
New Employe…er…Game Camera
MLB got me this sweet new game camera for Christmas. As you can see, it’s a Moultrie 8000i model, but that’s not important. What’s important is that it’s part of the “Management Series” of cameras, which can only mean that it’s perfect for keeping an eye on lazy employees. The invisible flash will be particularly… Continue reading New Employe…er…Game Camera
New Employe…er…Game Camera
MLB got me this sweet new game camera for Christmas. As you can see, it’s a Moultrie 8000i model, but that’s not important. What’s important is that it’s part of the “Management Series” of cameras, which can only mean that it’s perfect for keeping an eye on lazy employees. The invisible flash will be particularly… Continue reading New Employe…er…Game Camera
Apple Watch Fall Detection: Annoying…but effective
The golf cart/pedestrian path next to the low water crossing over Slick Rock Creek, just south of Highway 2147, hasn’t had water running over it since the October floods. Still, much of it stays wet thanks to the splashes from cars driving through the creek. Over time, if those puddles don’t dry out, moss and… Continue reading Apple Watch Fall Detection: Annoying…but effective
Fortitude at Altitude (or, “You think your job is hard?”)
A week or so ago, I was returning home in the truck when I spotted a helicopter hovering at what I guessed to be about a half mile from our house. There was a long line suspended from the bottom of the aircraft with something attached to the end. As I turned onto the road… Continue reading Fortitude at Altitude (or, “You think your job is hard?”)
Ambient Bias Lighting for Your TV: A Review of the Halo
So, I’m kind of a sucker for Best Buy‘s Deal of the Day. It’s not so much that the prices are that low — although sometimes, for some items, they really are — but they often draw my attention to products that I might not ever consider buying, or even know about. I’ve been known… Continue reading Ambient Bias Lighting for Your TV: A Review of the Halo