Following up on the other day’s post— The reason I wanted to connect that mic to my MacBook is that I want to be able to record the electric piano for the videos that I may or may not be making in the near future. The lavalier mic is fine for my voice, but I … Continue reading The Purloined Cable
Gallimaufry
Walking Around in Their Skin
I had something completely different planned for today, in fact it’s already written and ready to go. And then I read CJ’s blog post yesterday, “It’s called empathy”, and I watched the video that she embedded, and I decided to go with that. The Thoreau quote that the video uses reminded me of something that … Continue reading Walking Around in Their Skin
The Danger of Varying One’s Routine
Yesterday morning I decided I wanted to get an adapter for the microphone that I use on my Mac. The problem is that it uses a USB connector and my new Macs only have USB-C ports. I can get around that on my desktop Mac, as I have a USB hub, but I want to … Continue reading The Danger of Varying One’s Routine
The Disappearing Mouse
Longtime readers may recall that awhile back I was plagued by mice. Well, that might be overstating it a bit. But I had a problem with mice, the worst of which were the ones that managed to get up onto my kitchen counter. But for the past couple of years I’ve been mostly mouse free. … Continue reading The Disappearing Mouse
The Word Time Traveler
Merriam-Webster has a nifty (first known use 1865) site on the web called Time Traveler. You can use it to find all the words that were first recorded in print in a certain year. Such as the year of your birth, for example. The year of my birth, 1949, was especially rich in new words. … Continue reading The Word Time Traveler
Lavalier Not Cavalier
I bought a lavalier microphone a few days ago as I want to make some videos where it will come in handy. A lavalier mic is one of those tiny little gizmos that you often see TV announcers or others clip onto their shirts when they are away from their studio and don’t want to … Continue reading Lavalier Not Cavalier
Learning from Anyone
The other day CJ responded to this question: What have you learned from someone you don’t like? I rather liked the question and it got me to thinking. Not very hard, of course, but right off the bat I came up with a couple things. Back when I was living in State College, I worked … Continue reading Learning from Anyone
Botany
The tomatoes from my three plants are ripening pretty quickly now, and I’m happy to say that they’re tasting pretty good. Not as good as the best I’ve ever had, but at least it’s been worth the trouble. A neighbor has some attractive plants that I used an online site to identify as Chinese … Continue reading Botany
My War with the City
All right, it’s not really a war. It merely feels like one. It all started when I bought this house six years ago. My realtor warned me that I was paying too much, but I had my reasons. I was anxious to get out of Center City. I liked living in Center City, and it … Continue reading My War with the City
Interview with an Inquirer
It was about two weeks ago that I stopped into the Nuts to You shop on Walnut Street for my weekly shopping for, well, nuts and related goodies. I had paid for my items for the day and was loading them into my backpack when the manager, who had been speaking to a young woman … Continue reading Interview with an Inquirer