Digg Reader and other thoughts on RSS and news consumption
I learned today that Digg Reader just shut down. I had set up an account there when they started it up, but wasn’t actively using it. I also have an […]
2018
Harry Potter excitement
I’m starting to get pretty excited about going to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child this weekend. As I mentioned I would do in my last post, I reread […]
Home phone service (for old people)
Last summer, I got a notice that Verizon was going to retire the copper phone lines in my town. And, via my landlord, I’ve been told that our building apparently […]
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
I’m going to go see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in NYC in a few weeks, so I thought it might be fun to reread the script book. I […]
Weird Al in Tarrytown
I went to see Weird Al in Tarrytown on Thursday night. This is probably the third or fourth time I’ve seen Weird Al in concert. (I’m not even sure.) Tarrytown […]
Generation Grumpy
From the NY Times: Generation Grumpy: Why You May Be Unhappy if You’re Around 50 The generation of people born 1962 to 1971, now in what are typically peak earning […]
Stop and Shop is gone
I guess I don’t get out much these days. I decided to go to the Raritan Shop and Shop yesterday to dump some old coins in their CoinStar machine, and […]
The ThinkPad Lives Again
After seeing yesterday’s post, a friend recommended that I pull the battery from my ThinkPad, hold the power button down for a few seconds, then put the battery back and […]
The ThinkPad Might Be Dead
My ThinkPad locked up today, and, when I rebooted, it didn’t think it had a hard drive. So either the hard drive is dead or something is wrong with the […]
Reason To Be Hopeful
After reading Bill Gates’ thoughts on Steven Pinker’s new book, I added it to my Amazon wish list, along with the dozens of other books I really want to read […]