Digital Ups and Downs
I was one of the holdouts when it came to digital photography – especially if that meant using a digital single lens reflex camera. I bought a film Nikon […]
Winfield Wants Noise!
I’m a long way removed from the Jays World Series triumphs – both temporally and geographically. But I was there front and center in 1992 and 1993 – close […]
W(h)ining on the Bus
Recently Maria and I embarked on a retired teachers bus tour of 4 Prince Edward County wineries. The bus from Smiths Falls picked us up in Carleton Place at […]
Uncle Eddy
Edward (Edmund) Leo MacDonald (1883 -1956) was definitely my father’s favorite uncle. The youngest of my grandfather’s brothers, Uncle Eddy got a job with the Canadian Northern Railroad as […]
What Sort of Computer Do You Need Today?
When I got started with computing back in the late 1960s this is what was available – either through direct access or time sharing. Hardly the sort of stuff […]
Life Begins at 40
or so they say. When I turned 40 it wasn’t as big a trauma as turning 30. I was a dad, had a great marriage, a good job, was […]
Windows 8, Windows 8…
doncha just love it? (Apologies to Daddy Dewdrop.) It’s possible to avoid the annoying Start screen with its playing card sized “live tiles” and bring back the Start button […]