Author Archives: Paul

Professional software engineer; enthusiast / advanced amateur photographer; (Apple) / Mac / iOS guy; partially omniscient, witty, tech geek; hooligan; user of 'adult language'; 37?!?; rock / blues / jazz fan; skeptic; and raconteur (...and ESRI).

Happy Festivus

Happy Festivus!

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Don’t Talk on Cell Phone While Driving, Just Don’t Do It

Remember folks, talking hands-free on a cell phone while driving is JUST AS DANGEROUS as talking in a cell phone you’re holding while driving. Hands-free is NO SAFER!!! The MythBusters proved it.

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Trump Contradicts Himself Regarding Sidney Powell’s Role

After Sidney Powell pled guilty this week to election interference, Trump claimed she was never on his legal team. That’s not what he said in 2020. No surprise. “Character? Integrity? What the fuck are you talking about?”

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R.I.P. Jimmy Buffet

Jimmy Buffett, the easygoing “Margaritaville” singer/songwriter who transformed his no-worries, beachy lifestyle into a five-decade endless road trip as a performer and entrepreneur, has died at age 76.

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Project Street Vet

Project Street Vet is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit public charity that provides free veterinary care, treatment, and support to the pets of individuals experiencing homelessness and/or housing vulnerability.

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The Best Way to Spot an Idiot: Kindness as a Signifier of Intelligence

Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker’s commencement speech at Northwestern on 12 June 2023 (excerpted by John Gruber of Daring Fireball): The best way to spot an idiot? Look for the person who is cruel. When we see someone who doesn’t look like us, or sound like us, or act like us, or love like us, or […]

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Wasn’t even a Nazi in his youth.

Frank: This thing is kind of mesmerizing since Mr. Judd lit it up. Spike: Oh. See that right– Look at right there, it looks like a burrito. Huh. Doug: Where? Spike: Right– See? It’s moving. Doug: I actually see a face there, kind of. Maybe… Frank: John Paul. Spike: Beatles or Getty? Frank: I see […]

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Twitter Limits Backfire

Gruber: [T]his change completely broke Twitter itself — some part of the Rube Goldberg-ian machine that assembles users’ timeline feeds was itself subjected to these rate limits, so Twitter wound up DDOSing itself. It’s like a gasoline company instituting rations that stranded its own fleet of tanker trucks. Hilarious. Just fucking hilarious! What a fucking shitshow! So […]

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Oh no! The “Woke” Police are Going to Have to Cancel Their Precious Chick-fil-A

Nikki McCann Ramirez reporting at Rolling Stone: Not Even Chick-fil-A Is Safe From Anti-‘Woke’ Right Wingers The Christian-owned fast food giant is under attack for its corporate diversity policies Oh man, when the self-appointed “woke” police go after Chick-fil-A — the fast food restaurant that was hailed just a handful of years ago for being […]

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Why Prince May Have Been the Greatest Guitarist Since Jimi Hendrix

Jack Hamilton writing at Slate: There’s a famous tale that’s floated around for years and has enjoyed a resurgence since last Thursday. The story goes that sometime during the 1980s, Eric Clapton was asked how it felt to be the best guitar player in the world, and responded, “I don’t know; ask Prince.” The story […]

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