I have often given thought to my fragmented hobby interests; just too many activities within which to divide my time. So what is a man to do? Make the best from all of them, of course. I struggle to overcome what may be seen as a character flaw, that of being an amateur “renaissance man” or “polymath“. I have always aspired toward gaining a wide but significantly detailed range of knowledge and varied abilities. This does...
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Mistakes of Wisdom
I have an advantage that only comes with age. I think there needs to be some sort of reward for growing old. Older folks seem to have it, at least for awhile. It is called wisdom. What that really means is having learned from life’s experience. It also means the ability of sharing that experience with others. The problem with wisdom is it must be earned through the passage of time, and experience. You can...
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I am not a big time TV watcher. Too much time can be lost in front of the “tube”. Guess what. They are not “tubes” any more. Well, the new ones are not. Gloria and I just purchased a new HD wide screen, 46 inch! No tube. The brand is Samsung, same brand as the 24 inch monitor I use on the home office computer. It is a LCD version and can run at the...
Continue reading...Got the Picture?
I have been working on a new project since last weekend. This time not in the machine shop. I am pretty good at photography and digital processing. I have developed (pun intended) a sideline converting wet process photo albums and photo collections into digital images and then producing a premium grade photo book publication. This sideline has been discussed previously in this blog. My daughter did a couple of albums from my (our) stay in Alaska, which...
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