It is through the written diaries of Anne Frank that we understand the horrors and pain of those who suffered at the hands of the Nazis in World War II. Those people suffered for no reason other than their faith. And for two years, Anne Frank – along with her family and several others –…
Read MoreWait, Rock of Love is on Tubi? And it’s uncensored?
For those of you who thought television shows like 90 Day Fiancee and Married At First Sight were the nadir of reality TV, I need to bring you back to the halcyon days of 2007. At the time, the cable channel VH1 had a successful run of reality TV shows, including The Surreal Life, then…
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I need true synchronization! TRUE SYNCHRONIZATION!!
As I get closer to my planned 3D stereoscopy goals, I have all the tools I need. Two identical Nikon Df cameras (well, one’s black and one’s silver, but other than that..) Two identical 50mm f/1.8D lenses. A mounting rail that will keep both cameras level and parallel when shooting. But I’m now running into…
Read MoreWhy I made my Twitter account private.
Twitter has rarely offered me anything of great value. I signed up to it when my blog was over at the Times Union, in that I was encouraged by the TU higher-ups to have a larger social media presence to help promote my blog. Or, in true-speak, to help promote people to visit my blog…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 29 2022
Welcome back to my blog, where as we do each Saturday morning, it’s time to recap the blogroll and see what my fellow writers, bloggers and photographers have created this week. Lots of good stuff here, let’s get started. Have a great weekend, everybody!
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for October 28, 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. With Halloween just around the corner, I thought a nice episode featuring Halloween-related music would make for a great broadcast, wouldn’t you?…
Read MoreBachelor Cooking: A loaf of bread from a can
If you grew up in the New England area, you saw this specialty item in your grocery store. You probably bought a few cans of it. It is shelf-stable brown bread. In a can. I am not kidding. This is the same company that makes the tasty brick oven baked beans. B&M manufactures a shelf-stable…
Read MoreRemembering the Rankin-Bass Catalogue
Jules Bass, the “Bass” of Rankin-Bass Animation, passed away recently. And with him, the last remaining vestige of one of the most prolific runs of stop-motion and cell animation for early television. You might know Rankin-Bass Animation for their holy trinity of children’s Christmas stories – Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and Santa…
Read MoreSo I want to see this movie about a man called Otto…
I’ve heard some tremendously positive buzz about this upcoming Tom Hanks movie, A Man Called Otto. Originally it was based on a Swedish film called A Man Called Ove, which had a very successful worldwide run. Here’s that trailer. There it is. The story a widower who wants to end his life, only to be…
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More Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson railway photo practice
This is realistically the last decent weekend for fall foliage. All the leaves are dying off. The tree colors are muting. But I wanted to get more practice with my stereoscopy project, and when you’ve got a tourist railroad a short drive away, you PRACTICE like you’re auditioning for Carnegie Hall. Yesterday morning. I scoped…
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