By the time you read this, I’ll be on an airplane, returning to the 518 / 838 after a few days visiting my son. Fun trip, did a lot of things. But Saturday is reserved for my fellow bloggers, including seven from the Times Union’s great community blogging crew, and seven from my blogroll. Let’s…
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The Mahari Stream: How to blur water without an ND filter
I knew it would happen. I knew I’d forget something on this trip from Albany to the Pacific Northwest. And as I traveled up the logging roads toward the Sunrise area of Mt. Rainier … I realized I had definitely fogotten one piece of equipment. Maybe two. Let me explain.
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A jailbreak, a unicorn, and an ass-shaped pumpkin…
As you may know, I’m on vacation this week – I’m actually in Olympia, Washington visiting my son Kris and his girlfriend Tanya for a few days. Yesterday, we went pumpkin-picking at a local farm stand. You know the drill – you can either select the harvested pumpkins from a table, or you can go…
Read MoreWhile Passenger A27 was sleeping…
Caught a morning flight yesterday to travel to Washington State to see my son. You know I brought several cameras with me for the trip… But when it came to capturing a moment … I pulled out my BlackBerry PRIV and snagged this one. But I shall explain.
Read MoreA Unification Trivia Championship? Sweet mother of Jesus, yes yes yes…
The venues are still being set up. The organizations are still partnering. But if this happens… Hell YES I’m participating.
Read MoreCollarworld: One Horn
One of the joys of Collarworld – the afterlife waystation where pets wait until they are reunited with their masters – is the Morning Reception at the Meeting Place. On the mornings when blue sunbeams gleam in the sky, the animals gather at the Meeting Place, as St. Francis of Assisi – the patron saint…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Edison Diamond Discs
What I have for you today are some very rare and very intriguing recordings from the 1920’s. They were produced by Thomas Edison’s phonograph company, and were manufactured on records that could not be played on standard phonographs. Such were the Edison Diamond Discs, a flat disc phonograph that promised better fidelity than the standard…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, October 21, 2017
Well, this will be a very interesting “7 and 7” today, won’t it? Okay. Every Saturday, I’m proud to share seven blog posts from the community and independent blogging team at the Albany Times Union, and then I go to my blogroll and show off seven more blogs from my friends – both those in…
Read MoreTo all the goats I’ve loved before …
I have a problem. I want to take great photographs, for sure. I want to come up with shots that stun the judges and the audience. And I take what I think are fantastic photographs … and I completely forget about them. Argh. Let me explain.
Read MoreHeather Fazio’s exodus from the TU blogfarm
As you know, Heather Fazio was one of two Times Union community bloggers who had their personal #metoo blog posts removed from the TU blog portal. Not only were her posts removed, but she was suspended from her blog. As of today, she has acquired her Times Union blog posts and archives – both from…
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