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Productivity Gains and Jobs Lost – A Conundrum
At breakfast this past weekend my wife and I were lamenting the lack of job creation by the Obama administration over the past three years with a friend of ours, Mary M. As we talked, it occurred to me that … Continue reading
Another Gallon of Milk
That’s the equivalent weight I have lost over the past four months. Two gallons of milk since the start of the year. I have been on a weight loss program for the past two years. Early on in this quest … Continue reading
Artist’s Statement: Photography
Photography became a passion of mine as I entered high school. Prior to that I’d taken the odd picture or two with the ubiquitous Kodak Instamatic and its cartridge based 126 film. Not very good quality, no compositional flare, and … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Images, Photography, Technology
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Photography: Why Blurs?
Photography has mostly been defined by what can be captured in a tiny fraction of a second. Blurs came about for me as a way to explore extended slices of time in capturing images. Instead of working with 1/60 of … Continue reading
I’m on Facebook, but who am I?
I have been on Facebook for quite a while now, but I am not an active poster. Not long after joining I confronted the “Who am I?” question. Like most people I lead several lives. Public and private, social and … Continue reading
Bicycling vs Driving: An Assessment
My wife and I made the transition from being car-centric to bike-centric last year. This had been a long time in coming. The recession sort of kicked us into gear. I’ve been biking to and from work for over 15 … Continue reading
Posted in Current Issues, Lifestyle Issues
Tagged Bicycling, Biking, City Transport, Electric Bikes
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Twitter is Toast
How do we sort out fact from fancy?… distinguish fads from long lasting developments? I am an early adopter of most high tech developments. Why haven’t I adopted Twitter? I have no personal need for it. I am not voyeuristic … Continue reading
eMedia and the Five Senses
Our Five Senses: Touch, Taste, Sight, Smell, and Hearing. eMedia today provides access and interaction through two of the five senses, but even then in only a surrogate manner. Touch, Taste and Smell aren’t possible today over the internet and … Continue reading
Content creators, Content consumers and the Technology Divide
Content creators have always needed some means for getting their message or ideas out to content consumers. The simplest mechanism has always been the human voice distributing its message to the human ear. Following closely from this has been the … Continue reading
How Our Media Lives Confront The ‘Fixed’ Day
With the proliferation of online media choices we are confronting the immmutable limitations of the ‘fixed’ day. Michael Pollen and others have written about the problem of the ‘fixed’ stomach with respect to the food industry’s growth concerns. If people … Continue reading
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