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diet green mk. 2
Regular readers already know about my fondness for Coca-Cola’s Freestyle soda machine. That’s the big gadget you find in fast and fast-casual restaurants that lets you mix and match your own flavors. It’s pretty juvenile, but I get a kick … Continue reading
posting from my tablet. this is not a test.
Back in the 60s and 70s, people in science fiction stories had little flat computers they carried in their pockets or their bags. They were called minicomps or minitabs or slates, and they could do all kinds of amazing things. … Continue reading
Posted in comics and cartooning
Tagged a cartoonist's life, art post, gadgets and technology, personal blathering on, sketch, words
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test post again
This is a second test post. All the dumpsters in the world, and the contractors that go with them are not enough to keep this blogger from messing around with the new gear. As before, if you see some kind … Continue reading
test post
This is a test post. New gear is coming on line, and here at World Headquarters we are trying to figure things out. If there is some kind of image below this text, things are starting to work. If … Continue reading
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Tagged all about this blog, gadgets and technology, minor disasters
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special delivery
“Is it red or is it blue?/ You’ll never guess what I bought you/At Amazon.com.” For some reason I have vivid memories of that stupid song, which cluttered the airwaves one holiday season soon after Amazon began its transformation from … Continue reading
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Tagged a cartoonist's life, gadgets and technology, photography
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google trends visualizer
This is my new favorite thing in the whole world. If you have any interest in the world as it really is, right this second, then I think you will like it too. I’m no great fan of Google and … Continue reading
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Tagged fun and games, gadgets and technology, internet, music, recommended, resources, writers and artists
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car spotting, or what is wrong with this picture?
Hello, hello. What have we here, parked on the street in downtown Valpo at lunchtime on a fine day in May?Why, it’s a Ferrari F430 Spider, Alloy Grey over saddle tan. What a pretty, and pure blooded, open topped Italian … Continue reading
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Tagged cars and car spotting, gadgets and technology, photography
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confederate violets
Spring came very late this year, and is perhaps extra welcome because of that. In our neighborhood park, the wild violets are everywhere, quite suddenly.Here, as in Kekionga, some people call the little pale ones “Confederate violets” because from a … Continue reading
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Tagged animals and nature, dogs, gadgets and technology, photography, words
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scribble from the iPod
Here’s a little two minute scribble from my sketchbook, drawn with my current favorite fountain pen. (That’s the brown Lamy Al-Star with the B nib, if you’re scoring at home.) It’s been a long, long day, and my desktop Internet … Continue reading
blogging from the new laptop
That didn’t take long. It was just last Saturday morning that the laptop now known as “Old Stinky” suffered an inexplicable hard drive failure. The hardware is almost certainly salvageable, but whether Old Stinky will be resurrected as a Windows … Continue reading
