THE WRITTEN RECORD

Author: Chris

Exploring Is Never Boring

I just returned from a quick day trip to Louisiana full of exploration and re-inspired ideas. Only to return home, with the intention and energy disappearing. Maybe a good night's sleep on my own bed will restore the enthusiasm.

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The Leica D-Lux

After twenty five years, I can finally say I am the proud owner of a Leica Camera. To be clear, I did not drop the retail price of $2000 on a newer version of my current model. I don't have…

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The Clean Slate Protocol

I have a problem, and it lives on four different hard drives. For years my system for "backing up" has basically been: buy a new external drive when the old one fills up, dump a bunch of stuff on it,…

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Downsizing

What set me off recently was a notification from Apple stating my Apple One subscription is going up again. This makes the third time in a year I think. For me it would be an extra $24 a year, which…

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Cinephile

I have noted that as of late, of my increasing intake of foreign, independent, and/or classic films. Living in an international city and surrounded by neighbors from all over the world, or dating women from diverse cultures, or even perhaps…

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Analog Collection and Curation

For reasons I cannot explain properly, I have added tenfold to my collection of paper books this past year. Here is a list of a few of these in book catalog from the Library page. I just realized the number…

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Restoration

I’ve been working on importing more than twenty-six years of writing back into this website. A thousand+ articles from multiple platforms from different eras of my life and from different variants of me. The positive news is that the text…

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The Return

I know what you are thinking- and you are right1. I cannot be trusted to stick with a decision on anything when it comes to my website. The previous post from a month ago was an intent to eventually shutter…

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Enjoy The Silence

I used to have a desire to be heard, or read. From my twenties up to my forties I couldn’t get my voice out there loudly enough. Back when blogs became popular, I moved my loud, shitty opinions online and…

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A Gentle Madness

I’m declaring a temporary moratorium on buying books. The shelves are full and I'll not resort to the madness of stacking books on top of another in a corner next to those shelves. I need to dive into these recent…

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Books…

Always work without batteries, re-charging, no subscriptions, and best part is...no advertisements.

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Books Can’t Be Beat

A Kindle can't beat this feeling

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28GB

I've calculated the disk storage space for all of my physical media including e-books, CDs and video discs. 28 gigabytes on one device is seriously impressive, but what else would I surround myself with?

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I Know Much

He who reads much and travels much, sees much and knows much. - Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote

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A Comprehensive List Of Books To Read Before You Die

I like this list. All of my favorites are on it.

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