YouTube has replaced TV for me (and, how to use the Watch Later playlist)
I've been watching a lot of YouTube lately. More specifically, I've been watching a lot of YouTube on my TV lately. Here is how I do it but first, a bit of background…
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10MacApps over 10 years later
Ten and a half years ago I was asked by Zach Hale to jot down my 10 favorite Mac apps and then ask a few others to do the same. Wow, ten…
Nominated for Tech Blog of the Year
NEPA BlogCon 2016 is fast approaching and with it comes this year's nominations for Blog of the Year in several categories. Out of nowhere last night, as I was hiking the Dunmore…
Red Shale Ridge Vineyards, Hegins, PA – June 2016
Red Shale Ridge Vineyards, Hegins, PA – June 2016
Hiking Lackawanna State Park: Abington Trail, Joey’s Trail, Turkey Hill Trail, Ranger Trail
_This post is part of a series of posts in my goal to hike every trail of Lackawanna State Park. Also see park map._ Hiked in September 2016 – Approx. 6.0 miles -…
Sunset at Crystal Lake, Greenfield, PA – August 2016
Sunset at Crystal Lake, Greenfield, PA – August 2016
Watching the Jaws anthology
For the sake of humanity, and because Netflix took the time, effort and expense of adding these movies to their library, I've watched Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D, and Jaws: The Revenge….
A few updates to my site
Late last week and over the weekend I've made a few subtle updates to my site. I saw that this weekend was Indie Web Camp in Brighton and while I can't travel a…
Hiking Lackawanna State Park: Dam, North Woods Trail and Orchard Trail
_This post is part of a series of posts in my goal to hike every trail of Lackawanna State Park. Also see park map._ Hiked in September 2016 – Approx. 7.5 miles…
My father’s coat and hat, Carbondale, PA – August 2016
My father's coat and hat, Carbondale, PA – August 2016
Hiking every trail in Lackawanna State Park
For several weeks I've been slowly tracing my way through the trails found within the confines of Lackawanna State Park and I'm just about halfway through my goal of hiking every trail. The…
Hiking Lackawanna State Park: Ranger Trail and Rowland’s Road
_This post is part of a series of posts in my goal to hike every trail of Lackawanna State Park. Also see park map._ Hiked in August 2016 – Approx. 2.5 miles…
Low lying brush, Dunmore Pine Barrens – September 2016
Low lying brush, Dunmore Pine Barrens – September 2016
DV8 (now, DVEIGHT) Magazine on a bench in Ba & Me in Honesdale, PA – November 2015
DV8 (now, DVEIGHT) Magazine on a bench in Ba & Me in Honesdale, PA – November 2015
Remy’s decade of blogging
Remy Sharp recently celebrated 10 years of blogging. What is he most happy with? More importantly, every single URL on my blog that's ever been published still works, and even better than…
The UAV took a bad tumble
Yesterday Jehu II took quite a tumble. I've been doing a lot of flying. Nearly every day. And though the Syma X8G would be considered by most to be a "toy" (which…
Dan Rubin’s iPhone 7 Plus ring light portraits
Friend Dan Rubin took the new iPhone 7 Plus out for a test-drive using a ring light. On whether or not the iPhone 7 Plus is the best smartphone to get for…
Hop Bottom, August 2016
Hop Bottom, August 2016
Hiking the Dunmore Pine Barrens
Yesterday fellow UAV pilot Jonathan Edwards and I hiked to the "top of the world" at the Dunmore Pine Barrens to get some exercise, see the sights, and fly a little. I…
Excuses
Manton Reece: A long-overdue product is difficult to push forward, the weight starting to carry as much burden as potential. And everywhere I look there’s a new excuse to procrastinate. Boy does this resonate.
Disappearing apps and services
Alexei Baboulevitch (archagon) in a comment on Hacker News: These indie apps are often marketed as beautiful, wholesome alternatives to grimy corporate or open source software, but how could I possibly rely…
Tips for new drone owners
After a few weeks of trial and error, (lots, and lots of error) video tutorial binging, manual devouring, and literally swimming for and losing my first UAV, I thought it might be…
Taking flight
I had been thinking and talking about buying a UAV, drone, quadcopter* (whatever you personally call them) for a long time now. Many months. When they first hit the scene they were…
Add a hobby that forces you to explore
I've been thinking a lot about a quote Matt Mullenweg wrote about earlier this year. It reads: Find three hobbies you love: one to make you money, one to keep you in shape, and…
Documentation by Stack Overflow
Kevin Montrose of Stack Overflow explaining Documentation: Documentation is community-curated, example-focused developer documentation, based on the principles of Stack Overflow. A natural extension to Stack Overflow and a welcome one. I should likely make…
How can I get into programming?
Linus Torvalds in 2004 on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML): To me, the biggest thing with small patches is not necessarily the patch itself. I think that much more important than…
Rocket
I had bookmarked Rocket by Matthew Palmer almost two weeks ago and today I finally took the time to install it. Game changer on the Mac. Recommended. Also, give it an up-vote…
Warning: Gmail affected by Google Drive space
A few months ago I gave Google Photos a trial. I wanted to give the service a real, honest test so I purchased one of Google's larger Drive plans (1 TB) and…
A remote workers review of Cocoon Coffeehouse in Hawley, PA
Yesterday Kyle and I wanted to get out of our home offices and work somewhere new. He suggested Cocoon Coffeehouse next to the Silk Mill in Hawley. A panoselfie of yours truly….
Vestal, New York – June 2016
Vestal, New York – June 2016.