Have you ever looked at something and wanted to capture a close-up image of it? I mean, really close-up — like “macro” style? You’ve seen the photos of bugs so tight you can see the hairs on their legs. That’s true macro photography. It usually requires a dedicated macro lens, which a casual photographer is…
You send and receive emails, often with multiple accounts. You may make use of “cloud storage” for your phone photos and backups. Where do these things live? Where, exactly, is “the cloud?” The answers to these and many other questions lie in data centers. Before we go any deeper, though, we need to understand what…
One of our vacations gave us an opportunity to spend some time in the woods. That’s not terribly surprising, because we love the woods and forests. This particular time, I was leaning against a tall pine tree, and I pointed my camera up toward the sky. There were oaks around us as well, and several…
I’m going to try to do another weekly photography challenge. I’ve started these before and forgotten to continue, or hit a roadblock, or something else kept me from completing it. I’m willing to try again. Week one’s challenge is Eye Lines. Get your subject to direct the eyes of the audience with their eyes. What…
It’s difficult for me to be idle. The closest I come to enjoying idle time is after supper when I settle in to veg on videos. Right up till that time, I’m almost always doing something productive. I kind of take it to a ridiculous extreme. I know I’m not alone in this. We tend…
I looooove me some chocolate chip cookies. I also have a deep affection for Pepperidge Farm Chessmen and homemade shortbread. You know what other kinds of cookies I like? I like some kinds of computer cookies. Those aren’t sugar cookies that I baked in the shape of a laptop, but that’s something I may need…
Did you know that data storage media has a shelf life? Yep, it does; our current methods of storing data can all degrade within decades. For most of us, that’s probably “good enough.” I mean, I really don’t expect my grandchildren to put the same value on the data I’m storing that I do. But…
Think back to a time when you were scrolling through your social media, saw a funny meme, and shared it — then later realized that it told a lie or “punched down” on someone. Remember that feeling? Kind of a mix of shame and the feeling of having been fooled. But still…it was just a…
When does innovation cross the line between brilliance and catastrophe? Alfred Nobel comes to mind with his invention of dynamite and subsequent endowment of the Nobel Prizes. But few men have affected Earth’s atmosphere more than inventor Thomas Midgley Jr. – and he did it twice. Today’s Radicals, Renegades, and Rebels entry profiles an American…
There are things that I can appreciate about electric cars, but the battery charging time and capacity aren’t among them. It’s not just cars, either. As our devices age, they seem to take longer to charge and hold less of a charge. None of this is new, and since necessity is the mother of invention,…
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