RichC | July 20, 2023
An automotive journalist friend of mine regularly promotes his radio appearances on Chicago’s talk radio, which often leads to discussions regarding radio in general. Often the thoughts are to broadcast radio, both AM and FM, verses streaming via an Internet signal (or perhaps satellite)? One thing lead to another and I reflect on my amateur […]
Category: Automotive, Friends, Humor, Radio, Social Media, TBT, Video |
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Tags: cars, chicago, comedy, gas, john pinette, mp4, radio, shortwave, TBT, transoceanic, video, zenith
RichC | July 16, 2023
Perhaps I’m just being sensitive in having a couple granddaughters I want to protect, but started to read a human interest story last week that started me off irritated. Thankfully by the end, it gave a ray of hope for the next generation. Dear teenage boy at the skate park… You’re probably about 15 years-old, […]
Category: Human Interest, Social Media |
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Tags: generation, granddaughters, skateboard, skatepark, teenagers
RichC | June 28, 2023
Saw this image on Twitter with the tagline “Humanity is Doomed” the other day … and although I smiled … it is unfortunately the appropriate comment.
Category: Human Interest, Humor, Social Media |
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Tags: helmet, humanity, Humor, twitter
RichC | June 24, 2023
Most of us know from Geography class that the country of Chile in South America is a narrrow but l-o-n-g country … but may not have a perspective as to it’s entire length. A “map website,” BrilliantMaps, that I follow on Twitter posted a couple photos illustrating just how long (or tall) it is. It […]
Category: Social Media, Tidbits, Travel |
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Tags: brilliantmaps.com, chile, geography, maps, twitter
RichC | June 21, 2023
Who doesn’t enjoy mind benders … especially when it comes to well know art such as Vincent Gogh‘s “Starry Night“ … mentioned in a previous Meniere’s post. Look at the center dot in the top image and press play until the short video ends. Then look at the Vincent van Gogh artwork below it. Mind […]
Category: Art, Social Media, Tidbits, Video |
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Tags: artwork, brainteaser, menieres, mindbender, starry night, twitter, van Gogh
RichC | June 16, 2023
Technology advancements and AI photo and video editing has been around a few years (FaceApp photos) … but some of the newer fakes or clones are a bit “too” convincing (link to a “human generated” one, but not necessarily convincing). 😉 As a society, there’s no turning back once artificial intelligence abilities are here, but […]
Category: Art, Computer, Social Media, Technology, Video |
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Tags: ai, all in the family, blackmail, mash, mp4, tech friday, techfriday, television, tiktok, youtube
RichC | June 2, 2023
It seems like a shorter than usual week (it was with Memorial Day), so I’m tossing in a Friday Filler video and a #DDJ below the break that is sure to make most of us smile.
Category: Entertainment, Humor, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: animation, cute, ddj, father-son, filler friday, friday filler, mp4, social media
RichC | May 20, 2023
An opinion article by Faith Bottum in the Wall Street Journal about ink on paper books, ebook readers and bookshelves spoke to me last week … so I tweeted about it in agreement; I love having books in the home. Perhaps being in printing and publishing established my love for ink on paper, but for […]
Category: Books, Gadget, Social Media, Technology |
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Tags: bookshelf, bookshelves, ebooks, ereader, faith bottum, ink, library, opinion, paper, reading, twitter, wsj
RichC | May 19, 2023
As a long time fan of the long running television series “M*A*S*H,” I could help but be impressed by a photo making its way around social media (probably something to do with my age). This is an impressive group of young look-alikes posing for an eerily similar photo (I’m keeping my eyes open for the […]
Category: Entertainment, Misc, Photos, Social Media |
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Tags: friday filler, look-alike, mash, series, social media, television, tv
RichC | May 12, 2023
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has announced that he will be handing over the reins of Twitter to a new female CEO. The move comes after Musk acquired the social media platform for $44 billion in April 2022. In a tweet on Thursday, Musk said: Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO […]
Category: Business, Social Media |
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Tags: ceo, elon musk, tech friday, techfriday, twitter
RichC | May 11, 2023
Saw this double-tortilla inspired grilled Mexican sandwich on Twitter the other day and wanted to save to my food and recipe categories with the thought … I might try this!
Category: Food, Ideas, Recipe, Social Media |
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Tags: food, idea, mexican, mp4, sandwich
RichC | April 30, 2023
Some animals “kids” are just like human kids. Who doesn’t see the similarity between goat kids and human kids when it comes to playground excitement.
Category: Humor, Nature, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: goats, Humor, kids, mp4
RichC | April 20, 2023
When it comes to fast aircraft, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the one most of us know about. In a social media Twitter mention last week, Massimo posted this photo and link. The SR-71 Blackbird was so fast that, if attacked by surface-to-air missiles, it simply flew higher, faster, and in a slightly different direction […]
Category: Aviation, Photos, Social Media, TBT |
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Tags: aircraft, lockheed, massimo, sr-71 blackbird, TBT, twitter
RichC | April 19, 2023
On Twitter this past week, Elon Musk retweeted an image of a bunch of different outlets around the world. Wow, do we really need that many different electrical outlets and plugs?
Category: Social Media, Tidbits |
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Tags: countries, electric, engineering, plugs, twitter
RichC | April 13, 2023
There is part of me that can’t help but smile when seeing the new label that Elon Musk’s Twitter put on NPR’s feed. The left-leaning taxpayer-funded media title is partially accurate since tax dollars are used to support public radio and television. At this point with the variety of media news and programming available in […]
Category: Humor, News, Radio, Social Media |
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Tags: Feed, funded, journalism, media, newfeed, npr, social, taxpayer, twitter
RichC | April 12, 2023
Just a short video filler test from Twitter after receiving a message that MyDesultoryBlog was inaccessible (suspect it is because previous post was personal and only for registered readers?)
Category: Nature, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: beautiful, birds, eagles, mp4, testing
RichC | April 8, 2023
I’m not really sure where the data for this map came from or if it is accurate (??) … but it is something to think about.
Category: Health, Human Interest, Social Media, Tidbits |
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Tags: america, expectancy, life, map
RichC | March 29, 2023
My daily routine, at least when I’m in town, is to DVR the evening news, “Special Report” at 6PM. I generally watch it and skip the commercials while eating … when it is permitted by Brenda. HA! The daily new wrap-up is probably not edifying since it includes a good dose of disfunctional national politics […]
Category: Books, History, News, Social Media |
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Tags: book, bret baier, Dwight D. Eisenhower, ike, reading, twitter, ww2
RichC | March 15, 2023
While reading a health related social media post this past week, a graphic struck me as interesting since it highlights many of the ailments that most doctors and aging humans eventually face. Just to keep it personal, I’m noticing the hair thinning, vision and hearing loss as well as my high cholesterol needing some work […]
Category: Blogs, Faith, Health, Human Interest, Photos, Social Media |
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Tags: aging, church, family, granddaughters, graphic, Health
RichC | March 11, 2023
When I was in high school, I headed off to Ohio Northern University to become an engineer although veered off into industrial technology, facility design and then teaching when offered a Miami University instructor position when in graduate school. Now putting that education redirection aside … and the other career moves that followed … I’m […]
Category: Education, Innovation, Science, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: design, engineer, engineering, miami university, mp4, ohio, onu, sidney
RichC | March 5, 2023
It is one thing trying to evade the police by speeding, then running a red light and crashing into an unsuspecting driver … but to also hit a building and have it collapse is another? Yikes!
Category: Automotive, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: accident, building, collapse, crash, mp4
RichC | March 3, 2023
Snipped a couple of social media shared images this past week that may not be completely truthful … but they do trigger thinking about one’s “personal growth” and how easily we are manipulated by “fear.” So .. open your mind, be thoughtful and willing to entertain different views with polite debate and discussion. Most of […]
Category: Misc, Social Media, Tidbits |
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Tags: fear, personal growth, sharks, social media
RichC | February 8, 2023
From experience, I do know that younggist children in the U.S. (often farm kids — or commercial fisherman kids) were responsible for home chores, pitched in with caring for their siblings … and over a century ago (thankfully) would be sent to work outside the home. But in many parts of the world, children learn […]
Category: Human Interest, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: children, cooking, mp4, third world
RichC | February 1, 2023
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Category: Alexa, Audio, Personal, Photos, Social Media |
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Tags: Alexa, annalyn, clermont, ellerie, government, message, mp3, taylor
RichC | January 6, 2023
It is hard to resist loving gadget gifts and this past year for Christmas I was excited to receive a Wyze Doorbell from Drew (and Katelyn – Thx!) Although the previous year in 2021, I will admit that I was intimidated … and still am … by the fancy double temperature Bluetooth and WiFi Weber […]
Category: Gadget, Personal, Photos, Social Media, Technology |
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Tags: christmas, coffee, doorbell, embed, ember, grilling, mug, twitter, weber, wyze
RichC | January 1, 2023
I would like to wish everyone visiting MyDesultoryBlog.com a Happy and Healthy New Year … and after seeing this “black ice” social media shared video from last months deadly winter storm … safe traveling in 2023. Whew … very frightening. https://mdbav.s3.amazonaws.com/DangerousBlackIce2022.mp4
Category: Holiday, Social Media, Video, Weather |
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Tags: black ice, crash, driving, mp4, social media, video, weather
RichC | December 24, 2022
Jane Wells has been a reporter for CNBC (“Janie” as the late Mark Haines called her) that I’ve followed for years while watching business news channels (or should I have said, “is a ‘has-been’ reporter?” – hopefully a little humor that she would appreciate!). Anyway, I always smiled when watching her “quirky” stories and reporting […]
Category: Audio, Faith, Holiday, Human Interest, Humor, Social Media |
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Tags: birth, christianity, christmas, cnbc, comedy, eve, jane wells, jesus, kickstarter, podcast, quirky, story
RichC | December 6, 2022
No … we don’t have snow in Cincinnati just yet, but the snowbelt areas of western New York sure got their share in November. I’ll include a leftover Twitter photo from the Buffalo NY area that is sure to make someone smile (very creative snowman or mailbox)? On the Amazon rant subject, I ordered an […]
Category: Books, Humor, Shopping, Social Media, Weather |
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Tags: anti-capitalistic, book, buffalo, Humor, ludwig von mises, mailbox, mentality, new york, rant, reading, snow, snowman
RichC | November 21, 2022
Surprisingly Music Monday has only highlighted a little bit from The Beatles. Perhaps it was because they were for the most part “before my time” … or maybe it’s just not the kind of music that I’m attracted too? Nevertheless, the British group made a big splash in the 1960s and had an enormous influence […]
Category: Music, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: foxnews, hey jude, julian lennon, music monday, musicmonday, paul mccartney, recording session, the beatles, twitter
RichC | November 19, 2022
Our Chick-fil-A order last week was “securely” delivered to our car by a law enforcement officer … and with a smile (wish I could have tipped him)! My kind of city and state. Community outreach does not get much better than this! #lawenforcement & @ChickfilA working together to keep the line moving. pic.twitter.com/oisMROLqLz — Rich […]
Category: Human Interest, Social Media, Travel |
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Tags: chick-fil-a, delray beach, drive-thru, florida, law enforcement, police, Restaurant
RichC | November 16, 2022
While talking with an aviation (and space) acquaintance on Twitter earlier this week, I mentioned that while playing “old-school” Battleship with my granddaughter, that I was teaching her the phonetic alphabet (military, aviation, nautical, amateur radio, etc). Thankfully while playing the game, we only made it to “K” since the grid on the game only […]
Category: Aviation, Radio, Social Media, Space |
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Tags: alphabet, astro_clay, battleship, game, granddaughter, learning, phonetic, twitter, whiskey
RichC | November 11, 2022
Although there are many who serve or served our country we can think about on this Veterans Day, I’ve opted to reflect on my late father-in-law, Frederick Howard, who navigated B-26 bombers over Europe in World War II. He was definitely part of the “Greatest Generation” and volunteered immediately when he came of age and […]
Category: Aviation, Holiday, Memories, Millitary, Personal, Photos, Social Media |
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Tags: air force, fred howard, greatest generation, jack collier, twitter, us air corp, veterans day, ww2, wwii
RichC | October 31, 2022
It doesn’t get any odder than seeing a “very low” fly-by photo from a fellow aviation enthusiast Ron Eisele on Twitter and having it trigger a “how low can you go” McDonalds commercial from way back when??? It’s probably not an appropriate Music Monday, but the music well is dry today … so I’m using […]
Category: Aviation, Music, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: commercial, fly by, low pass, mcdonalds, mp4, music monday, musicmonday, twitter
RichC | October 30, 2022
Although the meme floating around social networks (the one at the bottom of this post) is probably not correct, I enjoyed it enough to do a little digging. Personally I’ve always thought that “the whole (or full) nine (six) yards” had to do with the innings in a baseball game (old article below), so I […]
Category: Aviation, Idioms, Millitary, Sailing, Social Media, Sports, Tidbits |
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Tags: ammo, History, idiom, idioms, meme, newspaper, phrases, sewing, the whole nine yards, wikipedia
RichC | October 10, 2022
pic.twitter.com/zzZyRZDG38 — Jimmy Buffett (@jimmybuffett) October 6, 2022
Category: Music, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: concert, jimmy buffett, music monday, musicmonday, tour, twitter
RichC | October 7, 2022
Not that I’m trying to promote astrophotographers (although have mentioned this photographer before) or the selling of things on my blog, but since I enjoy maps and space photography … check out this from Andrew McCarthy (see Sunrise on the Highlands).
Category: Photography, Photos, Social Media, Space |
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Tags: andrew mccarthy, astronomy, filler friday, highlands, maps, moon, photo, space, sunrise
RichC | October 4, 2022
The Lockheed F-117 was one of the most specialized and sophisticated aircraft to ever enter USAF service. Purpose built to defeat radars, it was all square and flat, a fact, reflected in the aircraft’s boxy cockpit. (@realairpower1)
Category: Aviation, Millitary, Social Media |
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Tags: aircraft, F117, lockheed, usaf
RichC | October 3, 2022
Several years ago in 2018, Fleetwood Mac was at the top of my music listening as was evident by the number of posts regarding a Rumours of Fleetwood Mac concert Brenda and I enjoyed in Cincinnati. It doesn’t seem possible that was 4 years ago? Since I personally have rated their “Rumours” album the best […]
Category: Memories, Music, Social Media, Tidbits |
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Tags: album, chistine mcvie, classic rewind, concert, dress, fleetwood mac, music monday, musicmonday, twitter
RichC | September 24, 2022
In order to ensure sufficient oxygen within their burrow, prairie dogs use the Bernoulli’s principle. One of the entrances is built with a raised mound of dirt, while the other is not. This determines different wind velocities and different pressures. (Massimo – @Rainmaker1973) Bernoulli flow and viscous entrainment were identified by the researchers as the […]
Category: Aviation, Nature, Science, Social Media, Tidbits |
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Tags: air flow, bernoulli, dynamics, falcons, fluid, prairie dogs, pressure, science, sr-71 blackbird, twitter, wikipedia
RichC | August 20, 2022
My social participation in automotive groups and forums that were common for me decades ago (CinciTDI, TDIClub, etc) have shifted to social media friends on Facebook groups (not so much anymore) and Twitter (daily). Those contacts include a bunch of automotive journalist as well as people just interested in cars and trucks. The conversations has […]
Category: Automotive, Environment, Financial, Hybrid, Local, News, Politics, Social Media |
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Tags: cars, charging, cincitdi, drew, electric vehicles, ev, ohio, permit, tdiclub, west chester
RichC | August 19, 2022
Google and their Android mobile OS platform has a social media campaign running to hopefully get Apple to fix their widely used text messaging app called iMessage. For years now, sending messages between Apple iPhones and other iDevices has frustrated many a users trying to communicate with friends and family. Google would like Apple to […]
Category: Apple, Cellphone, Social Media, Technology |
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Tags: android, apple, getthemessage, google, imessage, iphone, MMS, RCS, sms, text messages
RichC | August 18, 2022
It is summer vacation season … and shark video time … so here’s one from Twitter of a LARGE Hammerhead Shark chasing a stingray in Orange Beach, Alabama. Whoa … it’s better to stay out of the water when this is happening. I’ll stick with just looking at the little Sand Tiger Sharks.
Category: Nature, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: alabama, hammerhead, mp4, orange beach, shark, sharks, stingray, summer, twitter
RichC | July 23, 2022
Here’s a very short video highlighting several different kinds of popular wall anchors or mollies and how easy they are to use compared to each other. I saw it on social media and found it an interesting tidbit for woodworking or for those of us spending time in a workshop.
Category: Social Media, Tidbits, Tools, Video, Woodworking |
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Tags: anchor, anchors, mollies, mp4, screws, tips, tools, tool_tips, wall, workshop
RichC | July 22, 2022
Just a Friday filler post for today since I’m too “tired” to blog. 😊
Category: Art, Photos, Social Media |
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Tags: artwork, friday filler, sculpture, tire
RichC | July 12, 2022
For the good and the bad, Twitter’s AI algorithms do feed my astrophotography and amateur astronomy interests. Here’s a space photo of galaxy Messier 104 or better known as The Sombrero Galaxy. For a max sized download from NASA.gov of the Sombrero Galaxy, click this LINK
Category: Misc, Photography, Social Media, Space |
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Tags: algorithms, astronomy, galaxy, m104, nasa, sombrero, space, twitter
RichC | July 2, 2022
In one of my social media automotive threads, I saw this comparison graphic and it triggered my thinking … both from a “freedom to choose” and “work need” perspective vs a “forced to comply” based on ever-changing environmental concerns or fiscal reasons … usually by politicians (regulation, taxes, dis-incentives or incentives). People are likely to […]
Category: Automotive, Energy, Environment, Politics, Social Media |
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Tags: america, choice, energy, environmental, europe, fossil fuel, freedom, libery, pick up, Politics, trucks
RichC | June 22, 2022
I’m sure what I think about this, but when I heard about it on Twitter from someone in Texas, it did make me laugh. As the story goes, it seems a couple of neighbors enjoy joking with each other as they attempt to “outdo” each other with practical jokes. One neighbor was out of town […]
Category: Humor, Photos, Social Media |
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Tags: armadillo, charcoal, grill, joke, kingsford, neighbor, practical jokes, twitter
RichC | June 16, 2022
As the warm evening and nights of summer arrive, I catch myself looking up at the sky again. It may have started with a purpose back when Charlie (Kamikaze) and I were locally sailing the “Fiberpile” and studying celestial navigation before there was much more than radio directional finders (LoranC was too costly and wasn’t […]
Category: Books, Hobby, Memories, Sailing, Social Media, Space, TBT |
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Tags: andrew mccarthy, astronomy, astrophotography, brenich, celestial, GPS, hobby, katelyn, loranc, Navigation, planets, RDF, sailboat, sexant, stars, TBT, telescope, tulla, twitter
RichC | May 28, 2022
We are enjoying my late mother-in-law’s transplanted Buttercups (Ranunculus) that we brought home from the Jamestown, NY farmhouse (winter pics). Initially, Brenda’s sister Chris asked me to bring her some home for her since I was the one driving back and forth to western New York to clean out, take care of the property and […]
Category: Faith, Nature, News, Personal, Photos, Politics, Social Media |
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Tags: buttercups, farmhouse, flowers, jack brewer, jamestown, momh, new york, Robb Elementary, texas, twitter, uvalde
RichC | May 20, 2022
While discussing the ever-changing way in which we use the “web” with a friend, he shared an “explainer“ video from Harvard Business Review earlier this month on Web3 (Web 3.0). It is also on YouTube and offers a glimpse into what they refer to as “read/write/own” information.
Category: Innovation, Privacy, Productivity, Social Media, Software, Technology, Video |
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Tags: blockchain, decentralized, explainer, harvard business review, hbr.org, internet, tech friday, techfriday, web3, youtube
RichC | May 1, 2022
As a James Garner fan and follower of his daughter Gigi on Twitter, I enjoyed a recent article highlighting raising money for animal welfare with his famous TAG Heuer Carrera watch (below). Earlier this year I was impressed with his daily driver, a 2009 Cadillac CTS 4-door sedan up for auction on Barrett-Jackson, raising $100,000 with […]
Category: Art, Entertainment, Human Interest, Memories, Movies, Photos, Social Media, Tidbits |
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Tags: animal welfare, auction, celebrity, grand prix, james garner, Movies, watch
RichC | April 26, 2022
The financial markets have been following the Federal Reserves messaging regarding tightening their easy money policies and has been selling off the last few days. The more aggressive, but late stance to slow inflation is one needed piece of the puzzle … although also heights concerns over slow growth or even a recession. That news […]
Category: Business, Financial, News, Politics, Social Media |
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Tags: $DWAC, $TWTR, buyout, elon musk, federal reserve, finance, investing, markets, media, msm, parler, poison pill, Politics, stocks, truth social, twitter
RichC | April 24, 2022
For a better reference to the subject line, see this post! (tweet below) 😊
Category: Automotive, Social Media, Volkswagen |
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Tags: family, sportwagen, taylor, tweet, twitter, volkswagen, vw
RichC | April 17, 2022
No time for a post today so I’ll include an amateur astronomer’s photo of M51 – Whirlpool Galaxy from a space-oriented social network group that was impressive.
Category: Photography, Photos, Social Media, Space |
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Tags: astronomy, galaxy, m51-Whirlpool, photo, space
RichC | April 4, 2022
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Category: Misc, Music, Social Media, Tidbits |
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Tags: early morning rain, gordon lightfoot, illusion, image, mp3, music monday, musicmonday, optical, twitter, unsee
RichC | February 26, 2022
(click photo for actual Flag of Ukraine) Zelensky refuses US offer to evacuate, saying ‘I need ammunition, not a ride’ (CNN) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has turned down an offer from the United States of evacuation from the capital city Kyiv, the Ukraine embassy in Britain said Saturday on Twitter. "The fight is here; I […]
Category: News, Photos, Social Media |
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Tags: cnn, flag, freedom, twitter, ukraine, volodymyr zelenshyy, war
RichC | February 23, 2022
Interesting tidbit: According to a post on social media (take that for what it is worth), “the average person lives in 11 homes in there lifetime.” It doesn’t detail if a college dorm is considering a “home,” but if I eliminate them … I’m up to EIGHT that I call “a residence.” In pondering my […]
Category: Human Interest, Social Media, Tidbits |
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Tags: home, house, interesting, residence, social media, tidbits
RichC | February 20, 2022
The photo to the left is one of those photos taking up bandwidth and being passed around the Internet in emails and on social networks. The assumption is that most people see a photo of a girl who is NOT smiling. The suggestion is that if you “squint” a bit, you can see a photo […]
Category: Human Interest, Social Media, Tidbits |
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Tags: brain, eyes, mind games, Photos, spam, squint