Hacking a UCTRONICS Robot Car Kit I picked up a Raspberry Pi based robot last week and started to hack around with it. I’m going to write a series of post documenting putting it together,
crossposts Crosspost: AWS Lambda Tutorial Here's a post I wrote for Scalyr's Blog almost a year ago. I've fallen behind on crossposting my tech writing here on my blog. Functions-as-a-service are a very useful technology,
Juxtaposition Around 850,000 people filed new unemployment claims in the U.S. last week. Apple announced new pricing that will save users money on their music, TV, and video game
False Memory I wrote about cooler temperatures on Monday. Here we are on Wednesday and it feels like Fall. In what still passes for normal to my mind, the weather would stay
Down Week It’s a down week. I have to stay close to home and a computer since I need to be reachable in the event something goes wrong at work. (Or
Can Cooler Temperatures Prevail? Up early today, which seems to be a habit I’ve successfully rebuilt. Back before the pandemic I was getting up early every day, but early into the stay-at-home, I
daily Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Going forward I'll be posting daily post on days that are mildly interesting for one reason or another, such as a bike ride. There as much for me as for
Progress Report Back in the pre-COVID days, I blogged about getting into shape and holding my self accountable on this blog. While I have fallen down on posting about it, I have
Belaboring the Obvious I haven’t posted here in a while. It’s because I had no idea what to say. A lot of stuff’s been going on, and everything I could think of to say seemed trivial or inappropriate. I started out making light of
Must See TV David Lynch is doing the weather on YouTube! Guaranteed to be accurate for at least a few minutes, especially if you live near him in LA.
Making Good Art There’s a print of Zen Pencils’ Make Good Art hanging in my home office. As you may have guessed, it’s there for inspiration. Neil Gaiman’s words are
Spring is Here Nature is, of course, completely unaffected by COVID-19. Spring has arrived in the NYC Metro area. The dogs and birds enjoy looking out the front door. Of course Freya prefers
pandemic Pandemic Life and the Slow Burn I could hear the birds outside while I was meditating this morning. That means Spring is here. I want to go for a bicycle ride instead of working out in
Bridge 108 Imagine a future where the climate has destroyed industry, flooded nations, and driven immigration to the places that are still fertile to the point that those countries have become dystopia.
daily Inevitable Coronavirus Post Two weeks ago I took my wife to the emergency room. She’s better now, but that led to two and a half days in the hospital and five days
Bowie's Revenge Life on Mars - My Way Despite the click-baity title, and being two minutes of content in a six-pound bag, this is an interesting video. I had never heard this
reviews Review: Counterpart This is a review of Counterpart, a TV series that premiered on Starz in late 2017 and was broadcast for two seasons. It's available on Amazon Prime now. While I
The Clock and the Ugly Candles There's a clock in our living room. It's flanked by two ugly candles. I love that clock. It was my father's, and now it's mine. It's coated with a black
Killing Two Birds with One Dehydrator Freya has been struggling with recurring tummy issues for almost a year now, maybe longer depending on how you look at it. Trying to isolate and identify possible causes has
The Rushers of Din That's a picture I took from the front deck of the ferry a few days ago. I had to stand there with my bike one morning as punishment. Punishment for
Feb 27 2020 It's already Thursday and I haven't even started a "normal" blog post. I've been struggling just to keep up with work and getting these daily brain dumps on the blog.
Feb 26 2020 "Why haven't I been walked yet?" A substantially better day today, even if one of the reasons is that I have to stay hope to take care of my wife,
