Last evening, the temperature dropped and light flurries started. Nothing of importance, but it helped to know that I had fully winterized the RV.
posted in environment, technology | Comments Off on Whack it again, harder | 259 words
I do enjoy when I get to compose my own annual review. I can use such phrases as “Under pressure, he gets the job done” and “Able to think his way through most problems”. I’d probably be a great employee.
posted in technology | Comments Off on The seasonal purge | 310 words
Don’t get me wrong; I think that Raspberry Pi is wonderful. Goes with all sorts of ideas, and the setup is something that requires a matter of minutes. But, I’ve found one small flaw. A sudden loss of power to the unit leaves it unable to reboot. I’ve checked in the forums, and it has to do with cache files that don’t close properly.
posted in technology | Comments Off on Trying a buffer | 275 words
Today, I tied up some loose ends in my Cape Breton families. Lot of musical cousins over there. Not my cousins; their own, but you get the idea. Follow the threads and see where you end up. From my perspective, the connections to the Island are clear; sail to the shore you can see, first of all.
posted in politics, technology | Comments Off on Off to the roadside | 256 words
Seems that the new rig has an addiction. A drug called DEF. All of my past experience with auto fuels involved gasoline, and I had the colour codes at the pumps pretty much calculated, to the penny. Now I have to deal with Diesel, and it seems that the environmental arm of government believes in a parallel system. Burn it, exhaust it, clean it and let the smoke fairies deal with the rest. Anyhow, today cost me four gallons of stinky water, and I’ll finish pouring the stuff into a special reservoir with a tiny throat. The bottleneck.
posted in health, technology, travel | Comments Off on The van has a an addiction | 265 words
Discount retail… if nothing else, it gave me the chance to update my iPad Mini. Sure, the saving was less than $20, but I can now attach a travel memory to the event, although the data transfer will require my attention for another while. In passing, what’s with the AppStore removing my preferred web browser. Have to figure out what to do with my file collection and bookmarks, as early as tomorrow.
posted in technology, travel | Comments Off on One tablet for each fist, for now | 261 words
Suddenly, I found myself on top of a hill, on the edge of a huge cemetery. On the horizon, the ocean, and at my back a row of trees. Unfamiliar territory.
posted in environment, technology | Comments Off on On top of a hill | 269 words
Help me! I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole, and now my world is filled with sonic dreams.
My fault, really. After ignoring “synthesis” for better than forty years, I made the slip of buying something simple. Inexpensive. And of course, it can’t do what the big toys can. To compensate, I started paying attention to the reviews on YouTube. Thank you, Nick and Woody. Now I want to twiddle knobs and check waveforms, without any clear vision. Just like the others.
posted in music, technology | Comments Off on Imagine the symphony, in your own home! | 277 words
Technology: just like a basket of puzzles. We thought we had the world conquered, when plugging a media drive into the USB port on our TVs (multiple) allowed us the freedom to choose titles from a menu. Oh, and then watch the chosen program in living colour. For those who envision life away from the umbilical cord of either cable or satellite, it doesn’t get much better
posted in education, technology | Comments Off on Akin to a basket of puzzles | 258 words
I need a better strategy for “putting things away”. Recently, I stashed the handheld GPS, just to get it off the kitchen table. My assignment of a value meant that I couldn’t just stick it on top of something else, so I went for broke and stored the unit with some other electronic gear, in a tote bag. Turns out I could have used a GPS to find the silly thing.
posted in technology | Comments Off on Found while retracing my steps | 264 words
