I worked as a photographer a couple of times, a few decades ago.
And, later, as a television producer/director for 3-4 years.
So I have a really good eye for quality photography and videography.
I’ve used both cheap and expensive cameras.
But I understand a fact that all artists know from experience: [more...]
I don’t get that cable channel, so I’ve never seen the TV show, Mythbusters.
But I occasionally read stories about it, describing how the show’s hosts do tests to either confirm or disprove popular myths and old-wives’ tales.
From what I’ve seen, I think it would be really fun to work on that type of show; getting paid to entertain and educate people by making messes and having fun. [more...]
I’ll give you some clues, and you try to guess the product that I’m thinking about:
Of course you guessed “honey.”
Everyone knows what honey is.
But most people don’t realize that [more...]
Tonight, as I type this, it has been exactly five months since I rescued Bud.
He happily lived in our garage for more than two months, sleeping in a large greyhound-sized dog crate that we borrowed from our next-door neighbors — along with their window air-conditioner, which kept him comfortable during the hot, humid Sunshine State summer.
But, on this past Labor Day weekend, we gave the crate back. [more...]
I’ll bet that, one hundred years ago, the highest-tech gadget that most families could afford was a pocket watch.
And that item was probably reserved for only the male head of the household.
In contrast, nowadays, many grade-school children have their own cell phones.
From game machines to laptop computers to [more...]
It’s like a scene from a futuristic movie.
You’re having a romantic dinner with your significant other.
You lean across the table…
gaze lovingly into their eyes…
but, along with the look of love, you suddenly notice a [more...]
If you and 25 of your closest friends each put a childhood photo of yourselves on a table and mixed them all up, would everyone recognize you from your old photo?
I’m sure that my friends would easily be able to pick me out of such a photo lineup.
That’s because — except for a little wear and tear — I still have the same face that I had when I was a kid — which explains why [more...]
“To err is human — to really mess things up requires a computer.”
That’s a popular old saying.
But it’s usually not a computer’s fault when something gets really messed up.
It’s almost always the fault of a computer programmer or computer user.
Because, computers are [more...]