Geotagging (adding GPS coordinates to a photo’s metadata to indicate where it was taken) as an activity is fine. It’s an opt-in process, forcing the photographer to think about whether they want GPS coordinates for this picture to be made available. However, cameras are starting to include built-in GPS receivers, for automatically geotagging […]

Back in the frontier days and before, correspondents could expect a bare minimum of weeks or months for a reply from a distant family member, if the letter or its response even made it through the mail.  Now, with email, chat and cel phones it’s been reduced to minutes.  Unfortunately this expectation doesn’t factor in […]

Torque is Back!
Originally uploaded by Tymcode

He showed up today, skinnier and thirsty as hell but happy to see everybody. Shosh had been calling through a vent under the house in case he was in there and he came trotting around the corner.
I think I caused him to come home; I had just flyered the […]

Robert Rauschenberg is dead.

Torque Smackey
Originally uploaded by Tymcode
Late last night our most rambunctious kitten scampered outside between my legs and disappeared into the night. He’s never been out for longer than a few minutes, and he had already wrestled his collar off. I have no idea when or if he’ll come home. I think […]

Sorry But You’re Wrong About It
This is the title page of a book I found at a local library sale. It’s written by one Albert Edward Wiggam, D. Sc., in the first person, addressed to the Man on the Street (personified throughout as “my dear Mr. Manstreet”). In it he explains why we’re all wrong […]

Last night I was enjoying Spinach and Artichoke veggie chips with Trader Joe’s hummus. For some reason I was hell-bent on finishing the tub of it, which had been in the fridge for a while and was close to being done. Recognizing the old “Might as well finish it up, it’s almost done” […]

I listen to too many podcasts. They’re great at trimming the tedium from mindless tasks, and keep me awake and alive when I’m driving long distances. And I learn a lot.
For the last few months I’ve been trying to become a photographer. I want to master the tools so that I’m not […]