I’m about 98% sure I’m dumping Facebook.
The recent news stories on Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook to mine user data and drive fake news and propaganda in targeted states to sway the 2016 election is the last straw in what has been a long love-hate relationship with Facebook. I’ve had enough and I no longer care to be part of the FB community ( Read more... )

The problem with the creative streak mj gives me is the hyper-active nature of the energy. Great, I'm blogging again and using words to express the tough times we're in ... but if I can say something in 25 words, I'll probably take 50 or 100. My last few blog posts were wordy as fuck. I have to trim that down a bit, maybe stay on one topic instead ( Read more... )

The thing about the biking around town and playing a gps game, that's still happening. I even bought a new bike and a bigger cell phone and a cell phone holder for my bike and a better headlight and then I had to get high-vis shirts because I ride at night and then I upgraded my data plan.

Ingress is not free, but it's pretty cool and I'm glad i'm ( Read more... )

I've never been a fan of gaming. Video games don't interest me. There is one one exception but I haven't played in years. I've always enjoyed building virtual cities with Sim City. I owned four versions of the game over the years. I love sports so you'd think I'd be into sports games, but I'm not, and the shooter games bore me to no end.

The idea of ( Read more... )

They say humans are getting dumber, all this technology is actually reducing the amount of brain power we use. There is less critical thinking in daily life. By they, I mean behavioral scientists in a dull depressing office somewhere on a university. There are just as many others who claim we're only scratching the surface of our brain and the best ( Read more... )

For the past couple of weeks I've been reading every article I stumble across about the new iPhone. No, I'm not going to run out and get one, I'm still happy with my iP4, I'm just curious. My contract is good for another year, I'll probably upgrade then. I read the reviews on most new technology, phones, tablets, laptops, whatever the current rage ( Read more... )

I finally did it, I officially joined century 21.1. I dumped my dumb phone for a smart one. I've been thinking about it, but resisting with my usual technology skeptic attitude of, "Do I really need a smart phone?" While I've doubted the need I've had many instances out on the town when I really wish I had one. The final straw came on the day we ( Read more... )

Damn LJ won't space my paragraphs properly.
Yesterday our friend's Tom & Sue drove up from Tucson for an evening blues show, late dinner, and then drove back. That's a lot of road for a night out on the town, more than 200 miles round trip, but the act was worth it. Cheryl and I took the light rail from Tempe to central PHX. T&S picked us up at the ( Read more... )

My old DVD player shit-the-bed a few months back. I bought a Blueray with internet. I figured streaming movies was the way to go. My first disappointment was learning 2/3 (or more) of the Netflix library is not available for instant streaming. Whadaya want for ten bucks a month? The good news is many movies I prefer, film noir and classics, are ( Read more... )

Today was one of those days, from the start to a merciful 12th hour ending. I felt whipped when I left Monkeytech this evening.

I'm due for one of those posts when you get halfway through and realize you don't have time to read this shit. I'm warning you. Just. Stop. Now.

First thing today Cheryl learned a dear old friend had committed suicide on ( Read more... )