Meetings Smeetings

I don’t like meetings. The people who know me are currently thinking, “Tell us something we don’t know.” For everyone else, please let me explain why I don’t like meetings 1. Meetings are a form of psychological torture. At least, they are for me. I have no doubt there are people out there for whom…

Tide and Ice

It has been an absolutely stunning week to be living on the banks of the Delaware. As Spring temperatures have begun to break the bitter winter, the ice pack covering the river has started to break up. The ice itself was beautiful, but the remnants even more so 1. The icebergs bobbing on the surface of…

Fiction Tuesday – News at the Stable

As Jeremy passed through the gate his eyes needed a moment to adjust to the change in scenery. While the road had been quite, and quite empty, Water Gap was filled with people. People were entering an leaving what Jeremy supposed were shops. Many were laughing loudly at a street performer set up by the…

Morning Snow

By this time last winter I was suffering from full-blown Seasonal Affective Disorder. It’s something I’d never experienced before, but the constant amount of snowfall, combined with never-ending stress during the holidays, set me over the edge. I was lethargic, moody, and just plain disinterested in everything. I’ve never wanted to move south in my…

OwnCloud back in the workflow

A few weeks ago I blogged about setting up ownCloud on my Raspberry Pi. It was a fun exercise, but after completing it I was a bit uncertain as to how I’d use it. Let me explain why. Last year I upgraded the new MacBook pro with retina display. It is, without a doubt, the…

A Death in the Family

Yesterday Leonard Nimoy passed away and large portion of geekdom mourned, including me. He was part of a phenomenon which helped me accept being the oddball in the room, and his passing impacted me more than I thought it would. My condolences to his family, and may he rest in peace. My grief at his…