I have forever heard reference to John Steinbeck’s 1937 novel “Of Mice and Men”. I knew or thought it had something to do with the plans and dreams of mice and men of great things that never come true. I have never read the novel or seen any of the many movies and plays it created. I just saw a movie clip of when George kills Lennie. It blew my mind on what was going...
Continue reading...Observation
Comments about observable things in general. Sounds better than “Uncategorized”.
Meta Platforms – FaceBook
I closed my FaceBook (FB) account a few months ago <LINK> Unfortunately, FB has become the BBS/Forum location preference for many commercial business information systems. Most have a standard WWW (web) site but get more traffic with FB. I needed some customer service information for a product I own and was informed that FB was best place to get in contact with Customer Service. I had, over a weeks time, sent 5 emails to the...
Continue reading...FaceBook, I Quit!
Just shutdown my FaceBook account. More than shutdown. I totally deleted it. Maybe… The are now two options. Just shut down but leave everything in place. Or… Option #2. Shutdown and clear all data. I chose option #2. FaceBook promises to delete EVERYTHING in 30 days. I don’t know if that is true, but with me gone, it’s rather useless data. I clearly see what “Social Media ” has done to all our lives. My...
Continue reading...Automatron
I watched a video stream late last night on my cell phone. Trying to get sleepy enough to turn out the lights and go to sleep. It was about an adult mature young lady who made her career to be an expert in old clock-work mechanics and automatons. Look up that word if you don’t know. She (or the voice over commentator) made a comment stating her life-work was a return to tangible mechanical automation...
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