Category Archives: technology
Friends and Feeds
Do you find yourself spending too much time scrolling on Facebook past random nonsense? Does your inbox get clogged with emails of fresh posts from different online services? If so, here are a couple of strategies that might improve your … Continue reading
The Rise & Fall of the Mass Market Paperback
The mass market paperback is dead. Not all paperback books, mind you, for the larger and more expensive trade paperbacks are still with us. But it shook me to realize that the pocket paperback, which was so important in my … Continue reading
Free E-Books
For months I have been asked, “What are you going to do when you retire?” I usually answer flippantly, but an honest partial answer would be that I hope to whittle down my collection of unread books, including listening to … Continue reading
The Disappearing Discs
The streaming age has marginalized physical media. I have no regrets for ridding myself of my analog music recordings and almost all of my compact discs back in 2010. However, I was less dismissive of my pre-recorded videos, and I … Continue reading
Boosting Broadcasts
Linear television is dying, but with retirement approaching, I decided it was worthwhile to restore free over-the-air broadcasts to Meador Manor. I bought our home in southeast Bartlesville in 1994. Built in 1981 near the end of an oil boom, … Continue reading
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