Captain Kangaroo
A very long time ago I was on Captain Kangaroo, a morning children’s show that was televised from 1955 to 1984. My best friend’s stepfather, Bill Thomas, was a musician...
White Noise
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Podcast
As a huge punk music fan and huge fan of The Clash in general, I was surprised and excited to see a new podcast come out from Terry Chimes. He...
TV and Movie Tracking
There is a lot of good television out now. I also get recommendations for new shows and movies. A long time ago I tracked this in an Apple Note. It...
Apple Raising Prices
Tim Cook made the announcement a week ago to the WSJ that prices were going up. This was inevitable. Apple had managed to ride out COVID manufacturing with long-term multiyear...
Chance Meetings: Bill Clinton
I was on Martha’s Vineyard for the first time in 1998. We had friends there that put us up for a few days. I got to explore the island, take...
Chance Encounters
I was reflecting the other day about random and chance encounters I have had with “famous” or well-known people over the years, so I decided I would start to write...
Stop ruining it
Seth Godin posted this yesterday and it really spoke to how I feel about a lot of products and services today. By forcing things into a product to create Customer...
Maclock or AppleTV Clock
When the Maclock was released every nerd in the world, including me, went out and bought the cute nostalgic machine that functions as a clock when they became available. I...
Operating Systems
Cleaning out my basement office, I have been finding odd bits of tech specific to operating systems that I have used including old manuals and discs or CD’s or operating...
Blog Posting to Pika via Drafts
Yesterday, there was a big update to Pika to allow you to write and post directly from Drafts to Pika using the Micro.blog endpoint. As someone who has created their...
My First Apple Computer
Many people have been writing about the first 50 years of Apple and their first experiences with the computers. My first computer technically was a Commodore 64 and I would...
Losing a Friend
Last night I was reading through my RSS feed of my favorite sites and I saw a new post on jarunmb.com which I was thrilled about since it has been...
Please Can We Address This
Pun intended. ZIP Code First “A US ZIP code is 5 characters. From those 5 characters you can determine the city, the state, and the country. That’s 3 fields. Autofilled. From...
The Blog Question Challenge
I know this was created elsewhere but I first saw this on It’s Craney… Q) Why did you make a blog in the first place?I think it was in a...
Tell Me Its Going to Be Expensive…
… without telling me, it’s going to be expensive. Like many people on the East Coast, we were buried in snow last week. Rhode Island, and specifically South Kingstown, received...
My Doctor Fired Me
In 2018, I had a cardiac event. Not a heart attack. My heart rate had not come down after taking my dogs for a walk. In the end, I had a random...
Solar Power and the Northeast
About 9 years ago, I added solar panels to my house. Due to the size, position, and roof alignment of my house, I was able to add 17 panels in...
Live Music is Always Special
While a punk through and through, even to this day, I have grown to really appreciate singer-songwriters more and more as I age. The other night, we went out to...
With a little help from friends
I moved to Pika about 15 months ago and really enjoy it here. When I switched over, I spent a lot of time copying posts from my old blogs to...
Pika Wish List 2026
I love using Pika; it’s been a great year, and the features and team running it have been amazing. I would love to see a few more features added to...
Books for 2025
Below are the books I read this year. I started this in 2012 after reading a blog post Patrick Rhone published on his site. All of these books were read...
Podcast Listening Statistics
I love podcasts and subscribe to and listen to many. These are my top podcasts and listening time for 2025.
My Ikea Strategy
If you are lucky or unlucky, depending on how you look at it, to be near an Ikea store, I think it’s good to have a plan before you head...
James Dyson is Revolutionizing Sustainable Agriculture
James Dyson has always been a curiosity of mine. I found this article on his circular system, from growing food and crops to collecting water, and then creating an anaerobic...
Pika and Drafts
I have been doing more and more of my writing in the Drafts application. I still have IA Writer and a few others, but I'm slowly moving more to drafts....