Even the military would not start out in riot gear and spray toxic chemicals on peaceful protestors as a first response to students occupying part of their campus. We are doing just this. Will we tolerate it? What about the use of hugely expensive equipment created for dropping bombs, predator drones, on the U.S.-Mexican Border […]
Graphics
I’m back in graphics mode! I just love what I can do for myself when it comes to making or finding the right image. It took a while to learn the basics, but I consider it time well invested. I learned how to manipulate images, create textures, and how to find out of copyright […]
Being Smart is Good
I don’t know if you have ever looked at the school books from the 19th Century or even early 20th Century, but the 6th “readers,” along the lines of McGuffy, Harper, Baldwin, Harvey and Appleton readers, but looking at them is an eye opening experience. This is from page 461 from McGuffey’s 6th Reader, […]
Domain Day
Every so often I check out my enom account domain registrations and renewals and make sure everything is okay with the clients I host and the domains I have up for sale. Whenever I check in on the account I end up wanting to purchase more domains. Today I could not resist and purchased the […]
A Not Entirely Wordless Wednesday
Today, I just couldn’t finish any of the meaty articles I have started but that still need work. So I made some graphics/textures I can use in a virtual world. frame for use as window or as a frame – clear layers wire wrapped rails – clear layers This is an open weave fabric […]
It Is About NOT Shopping
OK, let’s talk about frugality. About the “use it up, ware it out, make it do” kind of frugality. I grew up on one of the last mixed crop, pretty much self sufficient small farms in the U.S. before the rediscovery of the concept in the 1970s by organic farmers. My parents were married pre-WWII […]