D&D Renaissance and Questing Beast
After 2020 so far, I feel like we all want to retreat to a fantasy world. I’m writing this before Election Day, and, I’m sure, well before we know the outcome of the election itself. I hope that it’s a … Continued
Getting Away From It All
My favorite daydream is more than a vacation. I’ve mentioned this before on my blog, but when things get really bad, I’ve had the same recurring fantasy; sell everything, buy a tricked out motorhome-tiny-house and run away. Now, I know … Continued
Kinetic Sculptures
Just a quick share this week. I know I keep hinting that I’ll review that hot shoe splitting flash cable I got the other day, but I’ve been so busy, I have hardly had the chance to use it. So, … Continued
Can you Spot The Troll?
For the next two months, “Don’t feed the troll” should be our mantra. According to the Urban Dictionary, a “troll” is “…[s]omeone who deliberately pisses people off online to get a reaction.” And, while that’s true, I feel like it’s … Continued
Lens Simulator
Explore the relationship between focal length, aperture, and depth of field. Along with some other settings and factors. As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been getting back into photography a little bit. That means, for me, relearning a whole bunch of stuff, … Continued
Mont Saint-Michel Flyby
After three weeks of pretty heavy contemplation, I thought I’d share something a bit lighter. In France, there’s a famous 16th-century castle that is also an island named Mont Saint-Michel. I find it fascinating because the tides only allow access … Continued
Programming Widgets
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I’m anything but a professional programmer, but occasionally, I make stuff. Sometimes, in my day job, I have to solve a particular problem and the only way I can manage that is via some small bit of programming. Usually, it’s … Continued
Embracing My Inner Geek
Because, that’s who I really am. So, this week I was going to write about the error message I’ve seen filling up my logs which is due to some issue in the AuthorWrite theme I use here. But, thanks to … Continued
Escape The Confines Of Your Mind
Feeling a little trapped? Me, too. So, I usually have a theme to these Friday posts, but even I have to admit they’ve gotten pretty thin lately. And, while I’ve started working some days back in the office, I’m still … Continued
More Links For Pandemic Quarantine Distraction
It just keeps going and going and going. Honestly, the worst part about all this is that I’ve been so busy I can’t even enjoy the fantastic boredom that everyone keeps complaining about. I’ve read all the “inspirational” and “motivational” … Continued