I used to read a lot of science fiction. I wasn’t into the space battles stuff but the thoughtful and speculative stories. I think one of the first I read was Heinlein’s “Stranger In a Strange Land”. It was the 60’s. Says it all. Drifted away from sci-fi in the 80’s and later, as my …
Must be why my mom loved Lipton Tea. From the Internet Archive.
And a bonus default browser issue with Lubuntu Even before my ancient Acer C720 Chromebook reached “End of Life” – i.e. no more updates from Mr. Google – I had installed GalliumOS to be able to run my Linux programs side by side with ChromeOS. Only change I had to make was to put in …
Update 1/17/23: The video is still available online at the following: It is still viewable on Twitch until some time on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 at https://www.twitch.tv/nicks_virtual_garage_2020 It is still viewable on Youtube (and will remain there as far as I know) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw1zhjpH6eo ——- Original Post——– I’ve been working for the past few months …
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My 5 AM (rant-to-self) to the “clever” young and clueless keyboard players in (a recent) Messiah performance:The continuo players in a Baroque orchestra are the rhythm section of the band. We drive the orchestra. The most important relationship in a band is between the drummer and the bass player. If they don’t get a groove …
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Saturday was a gorgeous day for kayaking. Mostly overcast with big puffy clouds, moderate temps, and the water surface an almost perfect mirror of the sky. We put in at the Hickory Hill Boating Access Area not far from I-85 off of Redwood Rd. For years we’ve used the Eno River Boat Launch near Treyburn …
I am blessed/cursed! with a very sensitive nose. It is sometimes useful when, for instance, I smelled gas when walking on the sidewalk near my house. It was a still morning and there was the distinct odor of natural gas (I think they add the smell to it) about 50 feet from the house. I …