Tag Archives: Mac
Pssssst! What’s the password?
I have never been a fan of passwords. Back in junior high, a friend briefly convinced me to join the DeMolay fraternal organization sponsored by the Masons. I wasn’t impressed with their induction process, which was overloaded with arcane mumbo … Continue reading
Our Tornado Tech
Last night I was drifting off to sleep when I dimly perceived a faint wail muscling its vibrations through the triple-pane windows. We Okies know that sound all too well. Our city of 38,000 souls is dotted with a few … Continue reading
Mac Day 9: Organizing My Photos
Once I had transferred the 130,000 digital photographs on my Windows computer to my Mac, I was ready to contemplate my storage and sharing of photographs online. My workflows and uses of online services have shifted over the years, but … Continue reading
Mac Day 8: Shifting 130,000 Photos
Digital photography, like many things, is both a blessing and a curse. I love how I can readily create, manipulate, and share digital photos. But the ease of their creation has already allowed me to build up over 130,000 of … Continue reading
Mac Day 7: Draw with Magnitude & Direction
For 28 years, I taught students about vectors as representations of physical quantities with magnitude and direction, and how adding, subtracting, and multiplying them differed from the “scalar” mathematics they were used to. We covered the vector cousins of common … Continue reading















