My Own Little Elephant, self-hosting Mastodon – Follow Along
If you really care about your data, you should host it yourself. Despite all of the talk this…
My iOS Homescreen – 2023
Another year, another homescreen. As always, I have to thank MG for his timely annual reminder to do…
Photography: Back to Mirrorless – Canon R5
In August of 2015, I shared here that it was time to sell my Olympus E-M1. I owned…
Linked: Stammy on Mastodon
Via Paul Stamatiou: I’m hoping that the recent interest in Mastodon will get people to start thinking more…
Technology: I won’t buy the first Apple Headset
Some great details were shared today by Macrumors that really gave concrete examples of what the very first…
Linked: “Revisiting 2011 Funky Buddha Passionfruit Berliner Was a Harrowing Experience”
via DDB: This was one of like 50 bottles so at least we know this is a contained…
Vinyl: Transatlanticism
My emo phase never ended. I remember distinctly a first date I went on in high school with…
Travel: A Week at The French Leave
It was January of 2022 when we were on the cusp of Marriot changing redemption rates for points…
Life: Two Weeks in Charlotte, NC
Two weeks today (11-5), we arrived in Charlotte. It was a Beverly Hillbillies looking caravan. After we accidentally…
Life: Twelve Years in New Hampshire
Nearly 15 years ago, I composed a series of blog posts here about my first year in San…
Life: Saying Goodbye to TomTom
It is going to be impossible to summarize a journey spanning over 12 years, 4 houses, one home…
Apple + Motorcycles – Riding with iPhone & Watch
I never thought I’d be able to blend two of my favorite things in a post sent to…
Technology: iPhones 14, Apple Watch Ultra and AirPods Pro 2nd Gen
This post on MacRumors inspired me to write this post. From that post: The Apple Watch Edition line…
Thoughts on Education and Welfare
I wrote something in a local community message board which was my off-the-cuff thoughts toward a wave of…
Prologue to End of Summer
It’s September, the clock is counting down. Before I begin this issue, I’d like to wish BMW Motorrad’s…
Linked Bankruptcy: Everything I wanted to link to but didn’t (volume 4)
Like similar entries, I have spent a lot of time this year on planes and will spend more…
Linked: “Instagram responds to criticism with shocking revelation that it will ‘continue to support photos’”
Via TechCrunch: Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted a video this morning addressing mounting concerns about changes to the…
A Review of BMW’s 2022 R18 Bagger
…now a review of the BMW R18 Bagger written by me an amateur and owner of the bike…
15 Years of iPhone
A picture is worth a million words…shot on iPhone shortly after release in 2007. I was first in…
The BMW R18 Bagger and It’s Mine
Millennial purchases a cruiser and loves it….the prologue aka why I purchased a BMW R18, why I purchased…