When I was only 12 years old, my Uncle Dom gave me a German 35mm, split-frame camera, his photographic enlarger, and all of his photo equipment, chemicals, supplies, books and magazine. Over a period of several months, he taught me how to take photos, develop my own rolls of film and make enlargements of my photos. [more...]

I’m very visually oriented, and I’m also very detail-oriented, so I tend to notice little visual continuity mistakes in movies and TV shows.

For example, several days ago, I saw one in the movie Moonstruck. There’s a scene near the end where two characters are talking on a sidewalk, and every time [more...]

If you’ve ever ridden a motorcycle, I’m betting that one of the first things you noticed was how powerful they are, compared to most cars.

In most cars, you press the accelerator pedal down and wait for the car to accelerate.

In contrast, on most motorcyles, you [more...]

With most things in life, you choose whether you want to participate in them or not.

You can choose to go to a place of worship, a school, a job, or a restaurant.

You can choose which car you want to buy. Which TV shows you watch. [more...]

Today, I changed the date in the banner near the top of this site’s home page.

It used to say “Making Geek-Speak Chic™ On The Web Since 1998.”

Now it says, “Making Geek-Speak Chic™ On The Web Since 1997.” [more...]