So I know today’s blog post is an early post. And I have an explanation. I live in the Town and Village of Green Island, and about six months ago, several apartments at a waterside development caught fire and were destroyed. During the current reconstruction and restoration of the apartments, the Green Island Power Authority…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for December 9, 2022
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Tonight’s show is a mix of early 1980’s New York City club and dance hits, which back in the day were quite…
Read MoreThey’re making another Left Behind movie? Why? No, seriously, WHY?
The Left Behind novel series – 16 books, to be precise – tells the story of the people left behind after the Christian Rapture, and their attempts to prevent an antichrist from taking over the world. There. I just saved you 5,000 pages and $20 at the used book store. You’re welcome. Seriously. The Left…
Read More“What are you doing on Channel 6?”
I received an email from WRGB newscaster Liz Bishop a few weeks ago. Apparently Liz found one of my old blog posts and wanted to talk to me. No, not this one. It’s actually THIS one. It’s an article I originally wrote for Rugby magazine in 1993, and reblogged it in 2011. It’s about the…
Read MoreThe Future View-Master® Projects
Several years ago, I used my film cameras to create dual photos for a custom-produced View-Master® reel. It was – for all intents and purposes – okay. But you know me. I don’t work well with “Okay.” So in 2023, I’ve decided that this will be the year that Chuck builds some custom View-Master® reels.…
Read MoreAn ice cream scoop for $1.08 (discounted from $2)
I ran some errands Sunday morning, and on my way home, I saw a sign for an estate sale in Watervliet. My Grandma Betty, who never passed an estate sale without at least looking inside, would never have let me pass this one up. And heck, it was only three blocks off my trip, so…
Read MoreWould someone please explain 1899 to me?
Yesterday, after getting an oil change and a tire rotation for my car, I came home and fired up the Netflix. And among all the shows Netflix could recommend to me, it proposed a drama called 1899. Well, I already sat through 1883 on the Paramount+ network, so why not another period drama? Hooo boy…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 4 2022
Good morning, blog readers, hope everybody’s got happy plans for this weekend. And if your plans include reading today’s blog and checking out the new entries from my friends on the blogroll, then you’re doing things right. Have a great weekend, everybody!
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for December 2, 2022
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Tonight’s show features a “Sample Example” of a 1950’s Italian song that became a millennial hip-hop hit, and the return of the…
Read MoreCandlepin bowling and a 1980’s computer program.
During my freshman year at Hamilton College, I spent most of my free time at the college’s computer center (well, aside from class time and radio station time). The Hamilton College Computer Center in 1982 consisted of several standalone desktop terminals known as TERAK computers. Software existed on 8″ floppy discs that held about 12…
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