Writer, Dabbler In Things
Hey, you know how Facebook (now called Meta) makes a fourtune from selling oceans of highly detailed, extremely personal data about each of its users to advertisers? … and how that had for some time included collecting data from its unsuspecting users even when they weren’t using Facebook at the time, reporting on what else … Read more
I struggled with making myself work on this book idea more than any other idea in recent memory. I had the core idea for a while, and started filling it out as time (and other projects) allowed, and some time back finally felt like it maybe might kinda be ready to work on.I had the … Read more
It’s been… let’s call it an interesting few weeks. Back in mid-February, we were visiting friends in Florida. The day after we arrived, I woke up to a notification on my phone that a lot — a lot — of money had been charged to my credit card by my webhost (the service that you … Read more
I recently mentioned I was going to try to get into some intermittent fasting. Yeah… well… no. Or at least, what I have managed to do hasn’t gone well. Best laid plans, and all that. Not to point to just exterior issues to distract from what may be some personal shortcomings, but the genuine fact … Read more
A couple of weeks back, at least one of my passwords was hacked. Luckily, I was saved by 2FA. What does that mean? Ok, let me back up. For some time now, I’ve used long, nonsense passwords for my accounts on websites. I’ve recently way upped my game in this respect by starting to use … Read more
Some months back, I noticed more and more people I follow on Mastodon were commenting, or forwarding posts of others, on how they’ve noticed warnings on YouTube about users employing adblockers on their browsers. Adblockers, for those not well-versed in internet parlance, are tiny third-party programs you can add onto your browser that literally prevent … Read more
Like all things we wish would stay around, those that become solid streaks eventually end. So it is with my run of several years of doing something creative every day. In retrospect, I should’ve avoided sitting in one of our newest, most comfy reading chairs that has a tendency to put me to sleep. That … Read more
There are times I love innovation for what it does and provides. But I really love innovation that isn’t just to make something new and useful but that actually helps do the environment good at the same time. The world’s first fully biodegradable shoe definitely falls into the latter category. Eric Liedtke had nearly 30 … Read more
I’ve recently mentioned my looking at getting into voiceover work (he says, determined to go with one spelling for “voiceover” and stick with it, and it looks best to me as one word). That’s still happening. It’s just been in a bit of a holding pattern over my wanting to approach it the best way … Read more
My family and I are just recently back from a 2.5-week road trip to the east coast (specifically, Nova Scotia via Quebec and New Brunswick) to visit family and friends. It’s a gorgeous drive and the visits were fantastic. Couldn’t have asked for anything to go better. We’ve been trying to get our feet back … Read more