Too many hobbies, not enough focus
I live in a constant state of tension between consumption and production. Consumption includes things like reading, researching, purchasing, exploring, and even taking pictures. Production is much narrower and boils down to writing about whatever I was consuming. There are phases where I just want to consume everything - reading old magazines, reading current news, …
After I read Shift Happens I had a hankering for keyboards. I pulled my 1988-era Apple Desktop Bus keyboard out of my museum, plugged it into my ADB-USB Wombat adapter, and began enjoying the experience of retro mechanical keyboarding. As I continued on in the book, I became interested in modern mechanical keyboards and all …
After six seasons, The Crown, Netflix’s period drama about the Royal Family, has ended. I joined The Crown right before its second season aired and have been hooked ever since. I grew up during the Charles and Diana years so I was familiar with them but I wasn’t familiar with the Queen or the rest …
I bought my current PC in 2014 to replace my aging iMac so I could play modern games at high frame rates with the highest settings. My initial build included an Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 that could hit 30 - 40 fps at ultra settings and 1440p resolution. After adding a second GTX 970 and …
We went to Outer Banks North Carolina a few weeks ago and one of the really cool things we did was a wild horse tour. Wild horses were brought over by Europeans and they are protected in a refuge. We took a tour with a company that drives you out across quite a bit of …
https://youtu.be/TTFvU_Rod90 I am nearing the end of my journey to build the Lego Titanic. I'm deep into hour 16 and have made it to the last portion of the back section. Yesterday I finished up the first unit, which houses the fourth funnel, the aft Grand Staircase, the reciprocating engine bays, and the beginning of …
My MacBook Air M1 has arrived and these are my observations in the first few days. I'll publish some additional details later after I've spent more time with it. While the form factor is identical to the Intel model, it's new to me, so I'll be covering its size and feature set in addition to …
We finished the third season of 13 Reasons Why on Netflix last night. It's an interesting show based on its subject matter and based on the fact that the first, second, and third seasons have 79%, 25%, and 12% ratings respectively. Contrary to many people we didn't actually like the first season that much. It …
I made a video of my Retr0bright experiment. See it on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMUoLe-5fVk
One of the easiest ways to identify an old piece of computing equipment is by its color – that yellow / tan / brown that makes you wonder if people in the 70s, 80s, and 90s had any taste. In most cases that color wasn't actually the color of the hardware when it was new; …
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