Last night, a friend returned to visit us .... or more specifically, our house. My wife, my sister and her husband were out for dinner when I noticed our neighbor…
Who is responsible for creating the WNBA schedules? As a University of Iowa alum and long-time women's basketball fan, I am curious where the Indiana Fever (and, by extension, Caitlin…
I have read many - too many - books, articles, scholarly papers, etc., about the anti-Semitism faced by Holocaust survivors faced returning home, especially in Eastern Europe. By a large…
I recently loaded Asahi Linux on a M1 Mac Mini and decided I should do something more intensive than just web browsing. First test: build the latest OpenJDK. Let's Go…
This afternoon I installed Asahi Linux on my 2020 Apple Mac Mini (M1 CPU). I upgraded to a 2023 Apple Mac Mini (M2 CPU) recently - also maxed out memory…
The last Shah of Iran, Shah Reza Pahlavi, was a huge Rangers fan: The diplomats pressed for yet more royal visits, ideally with the shah comping to Britain again. The…
Our cat Lojo is generally not very affectionate. True, he does often like to where the action is, and usually joins us wherever we happen to be. Every so often…
A bald eagle caught a neighborhood squirrel - one of many - and decided the best place to eat was in our front-yard oak tree, totally unperturbed by the fascinated…
Bring sunblock to a solar event. My wife and I went to Carbondale, IL to see the 2024 solar eclipse at Southern Illinois University. Our very first eclipse, so we…
I recently stumbled on this floppy and was intrigued: what were my internet favorites from 1998. Hmmm, could be interesting.... Of course, I cannibalized the floppy drive from my lone…