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Stuff

Episode #783 February 3, 2024 Like everyone else, I accumulate an excess of stuff.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q_c160jfBY I bought a shed to store garage stuff. We remodeled the bedroom closet to hold more stuff. The back of the SUV has become useless with all the emergency stuff. Even the Christmas stockings have overflow bags hanging off of them for extra stocking stuff. I have always had a twelve month rule for stuff. There are exceptions. If stuff is stored and I do not use it for twelve months I keep it because it is a holiday decoration, memorabilia, a useful...

PRAM

Episode #782 January 27, 2024 Last week my computer began prompting me to sign in to FaceTime every time it started up.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtRk1YSpcKU I tried to sign into FaceTime, but the sign-in routine just spun and spun, finally failing to log in. Also, I noticed that I was only receiving SMS text messages in the Mac Messages app. No iMessages appeared. I signed out of iMessages, but when I tried to sign back in the login routine spun and spun and failed, just like FaceTime. Now, iMessages did not work at all. The error was an inability to...

Garage to Shop

Episode #781 January 20, 2024 My garage was so full of stuff that cars would not fit. I parked the cars in the driveway.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FgfSIB8UsU   Worse than no cars, the garage had no room for woodworking. I own the essential power tools for a wood shop, but I needed room to stand and to layout the materials. On one wall of the garage was a shelving unit made from 2x10s and 2x4s. On it was Christmas, camping, game, beverage, donation, holiday wrap, auto, bicycle and recycling boxes. You know, all that stuff that you use occasionally, often only...

Taco

Episode #780 January 13, 2024 I have had the privilege of sharing my life with the most interesting human beings. Taco is one of the highlights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrekzvY2KMc The legend of Don Taco is a blur of lifelong memories of real and imagined events. In high school I met Taco on the “hill” in front of the admin building where the Honors group ate lunch. I was in various “groups” beginning in group 4 freshman year and proceeding to group 2 junior and senior years. I always liked the honors kids. They were smart and interesting and non conforming. When I...

Design for People

Episode #779 January 6, 2024 The trade show designers at GFB were trained at the prestigious Pasadena Art Center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAgmPa3WpO4 At the Art Center designers are taught the importance of style and proportion. The Golden Ratio is woven into all their designs.  The Golden Ratio, often denoted by the Greek letter phi (φ), is a mathematical constant approximately equal to 1.618. It is a unique and aesthetically pleasing ratio found in various aspects of art, architecture, and nature. The ratio itself comes from the Fibonacci sequence, a naturally occurring sequence of numbers that can be found everywhere, from the number...

Contradiction

Episode #778 December 30, 2023 Arguments come in many shapes and forms. They can be as civilized as a formal debate and as primitive as a yelling match.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ67E2R77Uw During the holidays the mixing of relatives and friends comes inevitably with differences of opinion. It is OK to discuss these differences in a civilized way. Beware of stubborn recalcitrance that devolves into contradiction. One thing that arguments have in common is the exchange of ideas. Each side of an argument has a point of view. It is beholden to both sides to listen to the other’s belief. Yes, belief...