Background. I always give credit to those who have been there for me. That includes McGreevy Pro Lab, a film developer and print shop in downtown Albany. They have been my pro lab of choice for the lion’s share of my Competition Season artworks. They will do whatever it takes to satisfy their customers, and…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 10 2020
So last week, I mentioned that I was currently battling this new WordPress editor that WordPress “volunteered” upon me. Some readers have offered tips and tricks on how to get back to the old classic editor, but after much thought, I decided that I need to make this new editor work. At some point, those…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for October 9, 2020
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 8:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Time Artist Song Release Genre Label 8:00 PM The Plimsouls A Million Miles Away Everywhere at Once Pop Geffen 8:04 PM The…
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“The guys get shirts!!”
I can’t remember if I ever had a WHCL T-shirt during my first run with the radio station, way back when I was a college student. I think some people made their own T-shirts – you know, silk screened a few for some friends, that kind of thing… So last Wednesday, I’m parsing through my…
Read MoreI finished watching Star Trek: Lower Decks and…
This morning, I finished watching the final episode of the first 10-episode season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, the animated entry into the Star Trek universe. It’s one of those Star Trek entries that CBS: All Access has been running for the past three years, including their flagship Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard…
Read MoreWould you like some tomateos with your luttuce?
It’s morning in America, and I’m pissed off at my local Speedway gas station. Last Monday morning, I pumped some gas – no problem there – and then went inside to purchase some items; a couple of cans of Red Bull, some chips, and a slice of their breakfast pizza – which, by the way,…
Read MoreThe Amish Mafia need to reunite and solve this problem here.
A long, long time ago, I used to do very snarky (and popular) recaps of a certain Discovery Channel TV show that purported to expose the seamy underbelly of organized crime in South Central Pennsylvania and the like. Yeah, I’m talking about the Amish Mafia. This was the show that offered Lebanon Levi King Stoltzfus…
Read MoreWait, I can use a USB flash drive in Dracourage?
I’m not a fan of planned obsolescence. Planned obsolescence is when a product is designed in such away that it will immediately stop working at a certain time, forcing you to buy a new product to replace it. You know, like when your iPhone starts slowing down just in time for the new iPhone’s debut.…
Read MoreChuck versus WordPress: or, why did WP fix what wasn’t broken?
So on Friday, October 1, WordPress jerked its “Classic Editor” function away from me, in favor of this new “fill in the blocks and do it our way” functionality. It caught me off guard, which led to a quickie post on Friday. I already had a timed post for Friday evening (my WHCL playlist for…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 3 2020
This is a tragedy unlike any other. I should not have to deal with this horrible news so early in the morning. And there’s no satisfactory answers online. Nothing on social media that will answer my questions or soothe my concerns. So I’m just going to grit my teeth and say it. Why the hell…
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