Severe rain storm here in DARK (but still beautiful) downtown Apple Valley. It's just sprinkling a bit now (after sounding like it was almost hailing), but the power went out for about three-five seconds, which is unusual for this side of town. ...back to our regularly scheduled program... … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
Photography and Fireworks
July 4, 2016 By
The problem with shooting 280 fireworks photos (in the space of thirty minutes), is trying to figure out which are the "truly great" and which are only "good", the easy part will be throwing out the junky ones. Some of the "good" ones look "artsy-fartsy", and while I like them, i don't think others would agree. Going to try to review them and post only the top 10 percent - we'll see how that goes. … [Read more...]
A fav blogger of mine wants to give up…
July 3, 2016 By
One of my fav FB bloggers made a decision a week ago to take a break from writing, but then wrote the following post this morning. My South Carolina Life You might want to read her post first (to understand the context) before reading my comment to her: Susan, I had a friend over this morning, and while they were doing something in the kitchen, I got onto FB for a few mins, and noticed your … [Read more...]
Commentary on what qualifies a person to be president?
July 1, 2016 By
The following is a commentary I wrote last night as a response to a friend's post, and I thought I would share here as well. The topic was "trusting (or not trusting) so-and-so candidate". The version below has been edited and expanded on, with additional thoughts. Not any one politician/candidate can satisfy all 200 million eligible voters in the USA, 100% of the time. They all have to make … [Read more...]
Tesla, Auto-Pilot, and software development
July 1, 2016 By
Reading a pretty cool and short (text)book (yawn), called "A gentle introduction to the art of object-oriented programming in Java. (yes, a truly exciting two volume set) Uses as an example, the programming of a robot. Reading this book, and also reading the recent news posted by my former colleague Charles Rader, about the first fatal accident with Tesla's autonomous self-driving car, makes me … [Read more...]
Homeless people
July 1, 2016 By
Humans of MPLS - Homeless interview A sad situation, and a catch-22: need a job to get away from being homeless, but being homeless prevents them from getting a job. Homeless people should be a number one priority for our help (both via our government, and our selves). ==================================================== “How did you end up homeless?” “I struggle with addiction and depression, … [Read more...]
