The News: Sunday, September 9 Second Edition And I'm home. What an amazing weekend! My favourite artist, and the reason we went, danced with my niece, and I sang with him. And of course we got pictures and he signed my CD. If you'd told me at any poin... Continued
The News: Sunday, September 9 Edition The weather is here, wish you were beautiful! You may recognize that as the title to a Jimmy Buffett song, but it's also something I've written on nearly every post card I have ever written when I am off ha... Continued
DipJar May Solve Another First World Problem Pretty much no one carries actual cash anymore, right? I do, but I tend to save it for taxi drivers rather than for spending in stores, or more particularly restaurants. Also, it's much easier to track expe... Continued
The News: Friday, September 7 Edition By the time you read this, I should be about four bands into my day. Other than the music and the companionship, you know what one of the coolest things about this place is? Breakfast. There are umpteen tra... Continued
LED Lantern Can Turn Hardship Into Benefit I have to admit, when I first saw this I was not thinking about disaster areas, but rather I was thinking selfishly in terms of going camping without electricity and still wanting to charge my phone. Howeve... Continued
Wi-Fi Sensor May Turn Your Brown Thumb Into a Green One Often I find myself wondering if my poor grandmother is turning over in her grave, watching several of her descendants grow up to be absolutely incapable of keeping house plants alive. My grandma was a biol... Continued
The News: Thursday, September 6 Edition And she's off! Tonight I leave for my niece's house, and then tomorrow morning at oh-dark-thirty we head up north to the middle of nowhere for a weekend music festival. It's gonna be great! Primitive campin... Continued
MEGATech Showcase: Time For More Flash Drives What better way to kick off the week everyone heads back to school than with another collection of flash drives? Granted, there are rather more hubs in this collection than normal, but those can be fun and ... Continued
The News: Wednesday, September 5 Edition Things should be pretty much back on track again. It seems I overreacted to something, and then was "helped" along by a friend who seems to have an agenda here I cannot fathom. Anyway, we talked, and now we... Continued
Must Have: Trebuchet Toaster Launches Breakfast Every once in a while, something comes along and pretty much demands I own it. This is one of those times. Not only do I enjoy toast as well as various other bread-type foods that can be toasted, I am at he... Continued
The News: Tuesday, September 4 Edition This morning I was awakened by a text asking me if I could make it to work in 45 minutes. I could not. Which won't count against me since I was supposed to have the day off, but which sucks because it appea... Continued
The News: Monday, September 3 Edition Happy Labor Day to those in the US! One of the few days I get on my soapbox...remember, today is not just about having an extra day off of work so you can cook out and hang with your family. It's also not m... Continued