Category Archives: technology
Mac Day 1: Mac Attack
As of April 2024, the Windows 10 operating system running my home desktop computer has less than 17 months to live. In mid-October 2025, Microsoft will cut off support for Windows 10, including critical security updates. I cannot simply install … Continue reading
Standard 8 Memories
For some time I have been mining my family’s photographic archive for weekly remembrances which I post on Facebook and sometimes expand into posts on this blog. There have been times that I recalled that there was an old home … Continue reading
Cable Cut (and Restoration)
I ended a 35-year-long relationship today. Bartlesville’s cable utility provided me with television service for almost 20 years from August 1989 to January 2008, back when it was Donrey Cablevision and later CableOne. Then I cut the television service, but … Continue reading
Battery Life
Over five years ago, I purchased an Apple Watch Series 4. Since I don’t always have my cell phone with me, I bought the model with cellular phone capability for $530. I’ve only used that Dick Tracy capability a few … Continue reading
The World at Our Fingertips
Polly Hotchkiss, Field Enterprises Educational Corporation representative #5592514, was 46 years old when she made the sale. It was March 9, 1968 when she convinced a 31-year-old mother in the Western Village neighborhood of Oklahoma City to invest $228.35 for … Continue reading
Meador Manor 