I should have ordered an iPhone 18 Pro a week ago. As a member of the Apple Upgrade Program, it’s time for my yearly upgrade, and in a normal year I would have used it. But I didn’t. I didn’t because I’m waiting for something else: the iPhone Duo. In a typical year I would …
My Retro Gaming Handhelds Part V: The Games I’m Playing
i Retro Handhelds Series This is a continuation of my Retro Handhelds series. Read Part IV here. After all that collecting and configuring, it was time to play some games. Tetris The first game I went back to was one that I enjoyed the most on my original Game Boy: Tetris. Since that time I’ve …
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My Retro Gaming Handhelds Part IV: Joining the Snapdragon Generation
i Retro Handhelds Series This is a continuation of my Retro Handhelds series. Read Part III here. By the end of 2025 I had finished exploring sub-$100 handhelds and it was time to turn to the higher end. My 2022 Retroid Pocket 3+ was my most capable handheld, and it was fine, but I didn’t …
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My WordPress Podcast Made Fun of Me
WordPress.com has been sprinkling AI features into its platform for a couple years now. These started with proofing tools to catch spelling and grammar mistakes, suggest refinements, and generate images. While I don't rely on them, I appreciate that they're included in my subscription and are available to experiment with, often providing a mix of …
Rabbits
We're fortunate to have wildlife that visits our back yard regularly. The most frequent animals we see are birds and deer, but we also have the occasional fox, raccoon, coydog, possum, turkey, bear, and even a bobcat. This year, rabbits have decided to join us. I had only seen them in Portsmouth up until this …
My Retro Gaming Handhelds Part III: Expanding My Collection
i Retro Handhelds Series This is a continuation of my Retro Handhelds series. Read Part II here. Out of the Hobby Most of 2023 was quiet save for an impulse purchase of yet another Analogue Pocket, this time in transparent green. I could not resist even though I wasn’t using any of my handhelds regularly at that …
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A Charming Stroll through Charleston
We spent half a week in Charleston South Carolina last month. We've never been there before and stayed at an Airbnb on Kiawah Island. It's about an hour drive from downtown, so we divided our time between the island and the city seeing the sights. The downtown area is beautiful with lots of architecture and …
Pictures in Portsmouth
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 III: Rediscovery
i Retro Handhelds Series This is a continuation of my Retro Handhelds series. Read Part I 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 …
Relatively Ambitious 