Frosted Echoes

Reverberations from around the internet.

Not to sound like the teaser to a Medium article, but one of my favorite vinyl instagrammers sustained a serious brain injury in a bike accident a few months ago and has found herself happier than ever.

→ 12:42 PM, Sep 19

Friday Night Video | Daniel

🎵Bat for Lashes - Daniel: With the current popularity of the Cobra Kai series, it seems like an appropriate time to revisit Natasha Khan’s 2009 emotional tribute to the Karate Kid himself, Daniel LaRusso. I’m posting the live version from The Late Show here because I find the official video to be kind of creepy. Also, although Khan has reworked the arrangements for this song a few times, most of the live versions, including this one, feature the Seventeen Seconds guitar sounds much more prominently in the mix.

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→ 9:11 PM, Sep 18

One of my biggest questions about iPadOS 14 is why it made a picture of a gummy pizza I took a few years ago a widget.

→ 7:00 PM, Sep 17

Copying handwritten notes as text was the feature in iPadOS 14 to which I was most looking forward. I was pretty convinced it was going to be unreliable, though. I’m happy to say that, so far, I’ve been proven wrong. Seems pretty solid.

→ 6:59 PM, Sep 17

Casseroles I Have Known (a collage)

→ 7:56 PM, Sep 14

A Couple Of Thoughts On Blogging

Here are a couple of thoughts on personal blogging, from some prominent bloggers.

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→ 5:04 PM, Sep 12

Armed in the Subway

Back in May, which now somehow seems like years ago, a bunch of folks with guns protesting COVID19-related restrictions paraded around the streets of neighboring downtown Raleigh, intimidating pedestrians and ordering submarine sandwiches. The ridiculousness of people with weapons such as inert rocket launchers ordering from the sandwich artists at a Subway franchise prompted the creation of many an internet meme.

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→ 8:49 PM, Sep 7

A Brydge Over Troubled Water

On the Friday night that started a holiday weekend, I found myself helping to troubleshoot an application outage that had come up about unexpectedly. It was an interesting start to the weekend and I am thankful for the technical acumen of my coworkers (near and far) for helping us to get through the crisis. Afterward, it was slightly past my normal bedtime, but having been keyed up by the night’s events, I felt there were miles to go before sleep.

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→ 2:58 PM, Sep 6

Thank goodness indolence is acceptable on Labor Day weekend.

→ 1:48 PM, Sep 6

It Doesn’t All Come As A Package

For a long time now, I’ve had a hard time fitting in politically. I’m adrift in the sea of American politics and even religion I know I’m not alone. I consider myself neither conservative nor progressive. When you study the Bible and Christianity, it’s hard to fit the beliefs you derive into the neat little packages that are offered by our political parties and cultural warriors.

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→ 10:59 AM, Sep 5

I’m old enough to remember versions of Street Fighter where you didn’t have to download updates, accept multiple license agreements, pick a name, view 20+ screens of tutorials and info, plus watch an ad before you could play a match.

→ 6:09 PM, Sep 4

The Republicans of today would make Richard Nixon blush.

→ 7:22 PM, Sep 2

Star Wars Is About Faith

Earlier this year, on Star Wars day, I looked forward to seeing The Rise of Skywalker again and I indicated that I was giving up on Star Wars think pieces for a while. That lasted a few months, and then I came across this post from Hannah Long on Arc Digital.

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→ 12:27 PM, Aug 30

After a virtual worship service, I put on Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue (AKA the most popular jazz album of all time). My youngest son asked if it was Charlie Brown music. My oldest son asked if I was listening to NPR. It’s all in your reference points, I guess.

→ 12:24 PM, Aug 30

From a purely meteorological standpoint, I want to argue that thunder doesn’t only happen when it’s raining, but when the statement comes out of Stevie Nicks’ mouth, it sounds irrefutable.

→ 7:37 PM, Aug 29

Pandemics Can’t Kill Vinyl

After Amazon stopped shipping vinyl records, in the spring, to prioritize orders of more critical goods, I wondered about how the record industry would fare. Several months later, I have my answer. Amidst a pandemic, sales of records are still climbing.

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→ 7:46 PM, Aug 25

Motherboard (Vice) is launching a newsletter about the USPS. The newsletter itself is free, but subscribers to the premium tier will also get 3 printed zines sent to them through the USPS.

→ 5:43 PM, Aug 23

Jonas Ellison on virtue signaling and how we don’t need it to prove our worth.

To accept our worthiness as a complete gift that was locked in place before we drew our first breath.

Then we can go back to posting photos, music videos, and jokes on the internet like we used to do.

I understand where he is coming from. I hope that there is a future where there is less to protest about, and less division, so we can go back to the way we used to live our online lives.

→ 5:49 PM, Aug 22

Within a minute of us bringing home this basket for the little guy’s school supplies, it had already been claimed.

→ 3:37 PM, Aug 22

We’re getting a brief respite from the heat, here in NC. Still deadheading marigolds that look like melted ice cream cones, though.

→ 3:17 PM, Aug 21

📚 William James - The Varieties of Religious Experience: Having majored in psychology and having studied religion, I’m surprised I never heard of this book. Of particular interest is the examination of the mind-cure movement and its relation to traditional religious beliefs.

→ 7:26 PM, Aug 20

Still at the home office full-time.

→ 8:02 PM, Aug 18

Who's Going to Drive You Home?

🎵 Soccer Mommy - Who’s Going to Drive You Home?: Until now, I’ve been largely immune to the hype surrounding Soccer Mommy. Then I heard this cover of the Cars off of the new Soccer Mommy and Friends singles series.

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→ 2:46 PM, Aug 16

Do Your Part

Is the government afraid to ask Americans to make material changes to support the country? When we were at war, the U.S. used to call for citizens to sacrifice for the war effort. Rationing of materials like gas was one of the ways people could make sure that they supported the military. Buying war bonds was another. Propaganda posters unabashedly correlated personal patriotism with what you were doing to help America win a conflict.

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→ 5:43 PM, Aug 15

Pretty disappointed that the Collections feature is now out for MS Edge on iOS but you can’t add anything but web pages. No pics, no notes, etc. It appears to be nothing but a container for bookmarks.

→ 5:17 PM, Aug 15

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