Sally and I spent a weekend in Portsmouth at the end of June, something that's becoming a tradition since doing it last year. While we live only 20 minutes away and we go to Portsmouth quite frequently, we always seem to be passing through, missing the opportunity to experience the city. We decided to stay …
My Retro Gaming Handhelds Part Two: Rediscovery
i Retro Handhelds Series This is a continuation of my Retro Handhelds series. Read Part one here. It’s 2020, I’m a PC gamer, and had long since discarded every console except my Wii and PS3. The Wii is plugged into our TV “just in case” but we never play it and the PS3 is up …
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My Retro Gaming Handhelds
Most of us who grew up in the nineties remember the pop-culture products of the era: the Super Soakers, the Nerf guns, the Micro Machines, and the video game devices: the Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Game Boy, PlayStation, etc. These products are part of our childhoods, part of our identities, and they …
My OLED Adventure
If you follow display technology, you probably "know" that "OLED is best". It has the deepest, most "inky" blacks, fast response rates, vivid colors, and makes HDR look uhh-uhhh-mazing. OLED screens show up in smart phones, watches, gaming consoles, and high-end TVs. They're now becoming common in laptop and desktop displays: already available on PCs …
The Cars of My Childhood
It’s Father’s Day and I like to take the opportunity to post something about my dad or memories for him to reminisce on. This one's about cars and my memories of them when I was growing up. Transportation is a core part of society. Whether you are walking, taking a bus, riding a bike, or …
My Handwriting Font
I’ve enjoyed fonts since I was young. When I was in high school taking notes, I’d sometimes create fonts instead of doodling. I’d write all of the letters as neatly as I could, styling them in different ways. While I tried to be neat, I also liked the idea of handwritten fonts. I’m not ashamed …
Rustic Photos
Every year Strawberry Banke holds an event called Springfest that brings local farms and artisans together to share products and experiences that represent the historic farming in New England. Visitors can see animals, experience activities like sheep shearing and honey extraction, and purchase homemade goods. We visited a few weeks ago, and while the weather …
Simple Beep – Ultimate Follow Up Part IV
I've covered a lot of larger topics from the podcasts, but there are a bunch of little things as well. Let's close out with my thoughts on some of the smaller items. Odds & Ends Myst (Episode 16 - June 2015) The hosts mentioned that Hulu had the rights to make a Myst miniseries. This …
Simple Beep – Ultimate Follow Up Part III
In the last installment we reminisced on the Intel era and the one time Steve Jobs was publicly yelled at by developers. In this edition, we're looking at some photo books focused on Apple design and setting the record straight on the iPhone. Designed By Apple in California Simple Beep hosted two shows about Apple …
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Simple Beep – Ultimate Follow Up Part II
In the last installment we reviewed the Butterfly Keyboard and iTunes 13 vaporware. In this edition we'll look at Intel Macs, angry engineers, and AI. Intel Macs Apple completed the transition to Intel in 2006 and Simple Beep celebrated in its January 2016 episode with a look back at the transition. They made some interesting comments and …
Relatively Ambitious 