Exploring cloud backup with Pogoplug

This past year I’ve been working to wean myself off of 3rd cloud storage in favor of cloud storage I actually own. There’s something good about having physical access to the places where my data is kept. Still, I have been in the market for cloud-based backup service which is not free. Gobs and gobs…

Seven months in – A reflective look ahead

I’m not certain what I was expecting when I began this “blog every day” journey. It was inspired by my friend, Jamison, who felt a challenge to create “something” every day of 2015. This blog had been sitting idle and it pushed me to move ahead and simply write. I’m now in my seventh month…

Unexpected and Welcome

I’ve written about my weariness after “holiday weekends” before, so I won’t bother rehashing that well-worn topic. Suffice to say, however, Independence Day wiped me out. Good times, but exhausting. I woke up Sunday barely awake, wanting little more than to kill my alarm, roll over, and sleep until noon. It was Sunday, however, so…

“Hipster Sam” graces Independence Day

It was a long Independence Day, and this introvert is socialized out. So I’ll share a single image from Riverton’s 4th of July celebrations, and then curl up and go to bed after I schedule this to go live in the morning. There is a great deal of odd stuff which goes on in Riverton…

Invoking Independence

Well it happened again. I was asked to deliver another invocation at a civil event, this time it’s the Independence Day celebrations in nearby Riverton Park following the parade. Now, if you’ve been a reader of my blog you know how uncomfortable such invitations make me. I really do not like mixing civil and revealed…

The Horizon Ache

When T-Mobile made the move to free music streaming from my data cap I decided I’d give it a try. It might come as a surprise to people who know me, but I’m really not much of a music listener. I never understood people who were defined by the music to which they listened while…