November 2018 - Almontage

The End Of An Era

Economics , Family , Life Experience , Technology , Travel

November 26, 2018November 27, 2018

The news of today was dominated by the story that the General Motors Oshawa assembly plant would close next year after more than 100 years of operation. I remember touring this plant on a...

Lafayette, We Are Here

Life Experience

November 11, 2018

I rarely say anything political on this blog, but I was saddened that the American President would fly all the way to Paris and then not go to Belleau Wood. These were his people –...

Spam Slam Thank You Ma’am

Economics , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology

November 9, 2018

Spam isn’t just about email these days. You may have seen a particularly egregious type of it in comments to news stories or occasionally in blogs like “Bluebird Banter” or “MLB Trade Rumors.” In addition to...

Mr Oates Turns 4

Family , Life Experience , Pets

November 7, 2018

Mr. Oates – or Oatesy as he is commonly called around here – will celebrate his 4th birthday on November 11. In cat years that makes him around 30, so he is still relatively...

Music on Tap

Economics , Life Experience , Technology

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018

I was just thinking the other day about the ways I have listened to music over the past 60 years or so: 45 and 33 RPM records on portable record player. AM radio on...

Thelio

Economics , Family , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology

November 6, 2018

These lovely boxes are not speakers for a hi-fi system, but beautifully designed computer desktop units called Thelio. They are made by US computer maker System76. What’s interesting about them is that they are built...

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30

Month: November 2018