The yearbooks and graduation programs are in one box.ย Two other boxes contain binders of photographs, 40 years of smiling students and proud teachers.ย Yet another box contains the videotapes of graduations and school functions. I need to do this.ย So much has happened to my old high school (Street Academy of Albany / Harriet…
Read MoreThe legacy of the Technics SL-1200 MK2
If you looked at that headline and gave a general “What in the world is Chuck rambling on about” response, I can understand. If you looked at that headline and your heart sank, then you – like me – are witness to the passing of an era in recorded sound. As of October 31, 2010,…
Read MoreWeek 11 of the $2,500 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
So here’s the deal.ย With nine weeks to go before the final playoff round is commenced, there are three teams – the Flabbies, Street Academy and the Sneaky Petes – that can lock themselves into the final game with a win tonight. But it was going to be a tough run. My Street Academy team…
Read MoreTen Examples of Rube Goldberg’s Influence
Rube Goldberg was an illustrator and cartoonist who is best remembered for creating designs that would take tons of carefully-angled and balanced items – one tipping into the other – to complete a mundane task. He drew cartoons to illustrate these points, and today something that shows various tips and tricks to reach an end…
Read More“God wants to be friends on Facebook.”
It was a strange and unexpected request.ย I was on Facebook, playing another round of QRANK trivia (9,000 points, beat that), when I got a message for a friend request. I try to keep an eye on my friend requests – I need to make sure it’s actually someone I know, whether it’s involving my…
Read MoreCaption this new business…
I took this photo about three years ago, when I was in Yakima, Washington.ย It needs a caption.ย What’s your best one for this?
Read MoreThe Beatles as Saturday Morning Cartoons
A few days ago, I posted a “Ten for” blog post, featuring ten rock musicians and groups that turned into Saturday morning cartoons. Well, apparently I surprised a few people when I posted a YouTube clip of a Saturday morning cartoon show featuring The Beatles. Follow along with me on this one. Apparently in the…
Read MoreHow the Pontiac 6000 once saved my life
I was thinking about something today.ย How, in a matter of an instant, our lives change when two unrelated cars collide.ย Instantly our plans and destinations change; we suddenly start looking for insurance cards in our glove boxes and trying to explain to the officers who was at fault and who wasn’t paying attention. And…
Read MoreWelcoming a Rolleiflex TLR into my camera family
I received a Facebook message from Teri Conroy, fellow TU blogger and owner of Wunsapana Farm in Altamont.ย Apparently when she was cleaning out some items in her house, she found a camera that her stepfather had given to her many years ago.ย She had no use for the camera, it was gathering dust in…
Read MoreThe Deck Chair from the Titanic
Ian McCarthy is the general manager of the Saint John (New Brunswick) Mill Rats of the Premier Basketball League.ย Before then, he was the general manager of the team when it played in Manchester, New Hampshire as the Millrats (one word, it’s two words now) from 2007 to 2010; and before then, when the team…
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