Expectation in Frame

I’m really not feeling well so my entry for today is this image, probably my favorite photo taken down in Williamsburg, VA. Framed in the image is one of the colonial re-enactors awaiting the fife & drums corps on the courthouse green. It’s a big event most days in the historic area, and one of my…

I’m Sick

It hurts to swallow My voice is nonexistent cough, cough, cough, a-choo Yah, I’m pretty much sick and have lost my voice. Much to do and no energy to do it. I’d have some thoughts on this but my head hurts too much to think.

Agent Carter – an Important Mid-Season Journey

I’m now three hours in to Marvel’s mid-season spy show, Agent Carter. I am quite enjoying it thus far. Agent Carter is a fascinating look into what eventually became SHIELD, and I’m hoping we’ll also get a peek at the way Hydra infiltrated the organization in the post-WWII era. It also makes me glad to…

Back to the Video!

I’ve been fascinated with digital video ever since I first played with pulling on to a Blueberry iMac from a Mini-DV Tape. It didn’t matter to me that iMove took forever to render transitions, or that the audio stunk, or that the Blueberry iMac had a laughable amount of storage to work with digital video….

Messaging Migration – Part II

Note: Yesterday I wrote about my messaging migration. This is part II of that post. Follow the link to see the rest of the story. As I wrote yesterday, I’ve long loved the idea of Internet Messaging. Real-time text communication over the Internet is a “killer app.” The tools I’ve used to send messages, however,…

Messaging Migration – Part I

Back in the ancient days of dial-up internet 1 I went out and picked up my first modem, a 14400 baud “winmodem.” I didn’t have the cash to “splurge” on the then-dominant 28800 speed. Inside the modem box were several trials for internet services so, of course, I took a trial run on AOL Online…