I just watched a minute-long video about how to embed a photo from Instagram, and here is my photo. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bip3hjEgG9E/?taken-by=barrington_ss The beach is a pretty common Instagram-type photo subject, though probably slightly less common than cute animals and food. I’m not a very industrious or creative Instagrammer. I went to the beach to breathe … Read more
This past Memorial Day, I did not feel like BBQ’ing. Instead I was struck with the idea that I should tackle a task that has been on my To-Do list for nigh on five years: transferring a dozen VHS tapes to a digital format so that the tapes could be discarded. This entailed purchasing a converter … Read more
[wpvideo SpOthc1X] HAPPY NEW YEAR! I woke up this morning and thought, “I should learn how to make a Vine. For those who might not be familiar, a Vine is a 6-second (or less) video made with a mobile phone application called “Vine.” Although I have a couple of friends who play around with it, … Read more
… though I wish it was. According to eHow, if you think your trackpad isn’t working because you got your laptop wet, you are supposed to dry it out by burying it in rice for a 24-48 hours. Or desiccant, if you have some. Which apparently we do—Paul tells me that he saves those little packets … Read more
This is the a computer screen that I use at work. It’s kind of small, but maybe you can see that each of the items on all these lists are links to things you can do. Some people might use a lot of these links. I generally use about two. For instance, I … Read more
These words were yesterday’s Facebook status update of a friend from both college and LA. He is funny, talented, goodhearted. He has cancer. Several months ago, he went into hospice, but has continued, on social media, to be the source of upbeat quotes, photos, and memes. Most of our mutual friends have moved away, and … Read more
Though I wish it was. According to eHow, if you think your trackpad isn’t working because you got your laptop wet, you are supposed to dry it out by burying it in rice for a 24-48 hours. Or desiccant, if you have some. Which apparently we do—Paul tells me that he saves those little packets … Read more
As most of you know, in my virtual life (i.e. this blog), I’ve recently made a move from Blogspot to WordPress. Of that I would say so far so good. It’s kind of like a new apartment where you’re still unpacking and don’t quite know where everything is, but the water and electricity are on … Read more
This blog is going to look pretty funky for a few days–or maybe weeks or months. I’m in the process of trying to build a website around the blog, which seems like a good idea–but I’m not exactly sure how. So I’ll be experimenting with the whole thing, and hopefully not deleting seven years’ worth … Read more
I’m not just a writer of blog posts, I’m a reader. You know how (some) folks say that you should read more than you write? For the most part, that just doesn’t happen? When it comes to essays, short stories, screenplays, and my new-found interest, poetry, the ratio of write-to-read hours is vastly skewed toward … Read more