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Think like a Remora

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Steven Popkes
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(Picture from here.) Back when I was in college, I worked briefly at the local food co-op. The co-op was the sort of shoestring business you could expect. A mix of volunteers that had different agendas such as the quality … Continue reading →

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Posted in Adaptaion, Nature, Research, Science, technology | Tagged enviroment, recyling, Steven Popkes | 1 Reply

Stuff

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Jill Zeller
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Oh, the news is bad. (please keep reading—it gets better!) 2021 shaping up to be the same pandemic nightmare as 2020. By the time the husband and I are in line for our jabs—the goal post is always moving farther … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, History, Lifestyle, Personal, technology | Tagged advertising, FOMO, Jill Zeller, recycling, technology, vacuum cleaners | 10 Replies

That Was the Week That Was

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Jill Zeller

I’ve nabbed the title for today’s blog from an very old satirical TV show that only members of a certain generation (who are still alive) will remember. The show debuted in the U.K. in 1962 hosted by comedian and journalist … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Humor, Politics, Rants, Social Media, technology, Television | Tagged Humor, iMac, insurrection, iPhone, Jill Zeller, politics

Phoning It In

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Jill Zeller

I had planned to write about adventures in aquiring a new cell phone, but got sidetracked briefly by my local Audubon Society newsletter. I’ll try to bring these two disparate subjects together by the end of this blog, but I … Continue reading →

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Posted in birds, gardening, Humor, Lifestyle, Photography, technology | Tagged audubon, iPhone, Jill Zeller, shopping, websites, wild life

Many Rabbit Holes

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Jill Zeller

I fell down another technical rabbit hole yesterday when I was supposed to be working on the projects I have signed up for—another rabbit hole altogether. It started when the husband mentioned—more than once—that our Internet seemed slower. Uploading is … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, family, Humor, Lifestyle, Media, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged Humor, Jill Zeller, modems, streaming, technology

Doom Fatigue

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Steven Popkes

  (Picture from here.) I am so tired of being… well, tired. I’m tired of spent hacks trying desperately to hold on to power. Tired of one side being outraged at the other only to find the other side just as outraged. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Science, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged dinosaurs, Mars, Moon, space, Steven Popkes

Prinny Gets Gas

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Marissa Doyle

In the first of my posts on lighting a couple of weeks ago, we saw how the world depended on candles and oil lamps…and as a result was a dim, rather dirty place; after all, burning oil creates smoke, which … Continue reading →

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Posted in History, technology | Tagged gas light, History, light, Marissa Doyle, Regency England, technology, the Prince Regent

Let There Be Light

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Marissa Doyle

It’s early evening as I write this and getting a little dim in my office…so just now I leaned forward and with a small movement of my hand turned on the lamp on my desk. Lovely, clear light now floods … Continue reading →

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Posted in History, technology | Tagged History, light, Marissa Doyle, Science, technology

Week—no, Month—at the Movies

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Jill Zeller

I’ve been “at the movies” my entire life. It’s a terminal obsession, rather and eternal obsession of which I will never be free nor do I want to be. Funny, though during our plague isolation I haven’t watched that many. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Film, Humor, Lifestyle, technology | Tagged Criterion Channel, film lover, Jill Zeller, streaming

Launchpad Workshop Day 3: My God, It’s Full of Stars…

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Alma Alexander

how I spent our morning off… Saturday August 2, AMGot a lift down to “historic downtown Laramie” this morning after breakfast and spent a couple of hours photographing the place and its idiosyncrasies – like, for instance, the bleached cowskulls … Continue reading →

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Posted in technology, Writers Workshops | Tagged AlmaAlexander, astronomy, Launchpad, observatory, stars, telescpoes

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