I found out about most TV hits from other people, long after they have become hits. The Wire, Breaking Bad, Weeds etc. were well known in the popular lore before I tried their first episodes. Yes, I loved those shows, and I have enjoyed them immensely, but that experience still didn’t come close to the…
This video is part of the Raspberry Pi series, where I walk you through several projects ranging in difficulty from fairly simple to really complex. In this video we are going to repurpose an old DSLR camera and hook it up with our Pi to take fascinating time-lapse videos of our own. The camera I…
Most of the advancements in home entertainment have been with video. After the hugely successful 1080p/i format, it didn’t take long for TV manufacturers to up the ante with UHD and 4K. Even though the broadcasters haven’t kept up( none of the channels broadcast are in 4K), people went ahead and bought those TVs in…
This book by Madeleine Albright should be made compulsory reading for everyone who has an interest in the future of civilization. I am not trying to be alarmist, I am just stating a fact. Secretary Albright has unique credentials to be an authority on the subject of fascism. As an eastern European Jew, she saw…
My man Tyson and I have now something in common besides the bulging biceps and depleted bank accounts!! 🙂 I found myself lathered up for a shave, and the my favorite electric shaver started making patterns on my face. In one of those rare occasions smartphones are invented for, I took a picture of…
