In a five-year span, covering the last two seasons of the Albany-Colonie Yankees (1993, 1994) and the first three seasons of the Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs (1995, 1996, 1997), I wrote several articles for those teams’ game yearbooks. I received some cash for my efforts, as well as opening-day tickets at Heritage Park. One of those…
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Swapping out the hard drive on my wife’s laptop computer
Status report on my wife’s laptop computer. The six-year-old HP laptop now has a full gig of memory (up from 512mb), thanks to Computer Renaissance in Latham and Computer Answers on Central Avenue in Albany. And last Monday, one of my trivia teammates, Jeremy McNamara, brought me one of his old 80-gig 2.5-inch IDE hard…
Read MoreMore on the bottle redemption boondoggle
So Friday morning, I stop at my local McDonald’s and order some breakfast, when lo and behold, what caught my eye – Two signs regarding the rights and responsibilities of redemption of bottles in New York State. The first sign was listed as a redemption bill of rights, as in you have the right to…
Read MorePhotographing the Poestenkill Gorge Falls
Last year, when I attended the Octoberfest festivities in Troy, I purchased a book as a benefit for the Rensselaer-Taconic Land Conservancy. The book, “Natural Areas of Rensselaer County, New York – Second Edition,” featured several different walkways and hiking paths, as well as vintage photography of many of the original trails and buildings and…
Read More“Drop that water bottle and hit the ground!”
One of my Sunday morning chores is to take all the empty recyclable soda bottles and cans I’ve accumulated through the week and drop them off at one of the grocery store recycling centers. Pop them through the recycling machines, get my little credit slip for $1 or whatnot, and then go into the store…
Read MoreOne of my old photos gets Schmapped
In 2000, I visited the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto as part of a photo essay on minor league treasures in major halls of fame for minorleaguenews.com. I took some photos of rare and unique minor league memorabilia, as well as a few shots with the Atlantic City Boardwalk Trophy (the championship chalice I…
Read MoreA Prayer for a Flooded Record Collection
My friend Mark Pisani lost tons of records while he was on vacation. His loss affected me as well. Spin back to college. Mark and I attended Hamilton College, and graduated together. We were both part of the “Young Turks” who changed the college radio station, WHCL, from an afterthought to a broadcast powerhouse. Mark’s…
Read MoreHewlett Packard’s HP customer service doesn’t care about me
An update. I’ve already replaced and upgraded my wife’s computer laptop memory. As for the hard drive, my Monday night trivia teammate Jeremy has graciously offered to give me his 80 gig EIDE 2.5″ hard drive, as he has no use for it any more now that his electronics setup is SATA-based. Thanks, J-Mac. But…
Read MoreRemembering Ruth Wallis and her naughty songs
It’s the late 1990’s. I should be home watching the Super Bowl. The Patriots are facing the Packers, and it promises to be a sterling matchup. But instead, I’m driving to eastern Connecticut, with the hopes of interviewing a singer whose most popular songs never received a stitch of mainstream radio airplay. A person who,…
Read MoreUpgrading my wife’s laptop computer
So here’s the deal. My wife Vicki has used an HP Pavilion laptop for the past six years. The laptop has some issues with it, but she still uses it for everything from genealogy to photograph storage, and occasional netsurfing. The laptop was state-of-the-art in 2003, but now it’s a dinosaur. The hard drive is…
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