Don’t Call It A Podcast
If podcast creators charge a subscription fee and hide their content behind a paywall without an RSS feed, it is no longer a podcast. It becomes an audio book instead. More later.
THE WRITTEN RECORD
Author: Chris
The Internet Is Broken
This was first posted on my website back on May 31, 2022, and I've added some new thoughts. Anyone else noticed that today’s WWW is insufferable? I don’t specifically know when it turned, or why most users became jerks, but…
iPhonetography
Coming to your e-reader in the Spring of 2023
Have An Adventure
“I’m sorry, I may never find a place this nice again, but I need to go out into the world and have my adventure.” - Big Fish
Do Androids Dream Of Creating Electric Sheep?
All my life, we've been told that computers were incapable of being intelligent, self-aware and creative. But here we are in 2023 partnering with Artifical Intelligence in creating works of art with photographs, paintings, music composing and even creative writing.…
An Offshoot Of Meditation
"“Journaling is an offshoot of meditation—a type of introspection where a record of events is welcome. It doesn’t have to mean the record is permanent. In fact, it’s probably better as ephemeral—permanently locked behind a password. But, the fact that…
2023: Preface
Let's be honest, hardly anyone is in the right frame of mind to create and stick to their resolutions in a new year. We expect too much in January, so I say don't start working on resolutions until February. There…
The Audio Mojo Podcast
Not sure how long this will last but I'll give it a go. The idea is to change up text blogging for audio posts. Update The Audio Mojo podcast is now available to stream on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If…
Flickr
Yes, I have re-upped my Flickr subscription. Time to fill up on that unlimited photos now.
Ghosted
I have had a need to simplify my websites and the expenses that come with them. That changed today. A year ago I transferred this website to a self-hosted instance instead, for simplicity and ease of use but I gave…
ARTifical
I toyed around with DALL-E today and asked for a random but specific depiction of “a dark background oil painting of an intelligent looking fox smoking his tobacco pipe while working on his MacBook” And here are the results. I…
Amazon Kindle
After years of dragging my feet, I have finally purchased not one, but two, Amazon Kindle e-reader devices. The first was a cheap ($15) Fire tablet from a pawn shop. I had no intention of buying anything, just a passing…
Being Sane
“I wish to get America out of my head and be sane a part of every day.”
Avoid The Noise
Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time. Feed your inner life. Avoid too much noise. Read good books, have good sentences in your ears. Be by yourself as often as you can. Walk. Take the phone off…
Random Thoughts
I like to borrow e-books from the library. If I buy a physical book, it will be only after I know it is a book I will love and come back to.This prevents me from buying and owning books I…