Uncategorized
But if you’re inside Apple’s ecosystem, you still do real work on the Mac. There’s just no comparison. The MacBook keyboard is better. The processor is far more powerful. The connectivity options are vastly better. You can't open your iPad at home, connect it to
Uncategorized
When asked if access to guns contributed to the uptick in deadly shootings, Parizek responded: “I don’t want to dip my toes too far into legislative issues, but we’re a right-to-carry state. We unfortunately find a lot of legally possessed firearms used in crimes these days.
Uncategorized
When a reporter at the White House on Friday asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders about the glaring discrepancy between Kelly’s account and the actual speech, she said that the White House stood by his remarks. “There was a lot of grandstanding,” she said. “He was stunned that she had taken
Uncategorized
Social networks, though, have since colonized the web for television’s values. From Facebook to Instagram, the medium refocuses our attention on videos and images, rewarding emotional appeals—‘like’ buttons—over rational ones. Instead of a quest for knowledge, it engages us in an endless zest for instant approval from
Uncategorized
It's the obligatory first exercise in any computer course, teaching the computer how to say hello, so it feels appropriate to start this blog with something similar. But this is hardly my first go around. I've been using computers for almost forty years now, and I&
Gaming
I've been thinking more about my "work/play" idea. I think it actually runs into the concept of "deep play," which I ran into recently in an article in The Guardian titled The meaning of life in a world without work. Deep play is
Uncategorized
This post originally appeared on dorkfam.net on July 1, 2016. “Are we ever going to play The Division again?” OtherMark asked. “I dunno,” OtherOtherMark replied, “Is The Division going to not suck anymore?” I winced, partly at the reply, and partly because I was repeatedly falling to my death
Uncategorized
It was this past Tuesday, when I got home from work. I'd just opened a beer, and she asked me if I wanted to go sit on the porch. She had something she wanted to show me. I sat and waited for her on the porch swing. I