Category: Ramblings
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Spambots
A few days ago, I added a new module to the website, which provides for Google Auto-Captcha connections. If you are not familiar with Captcha, it is the small graphic picture or puzzle you have to answer when you connect to some sites. In this case, the routine makes an attempt to decide if a…
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Family reunion
I don’t remember this event, I was only 3 in 1976, but this is an old family picture gathering most of the extended family. My dad I assume is the photographer, with (from the left), my Mom’s parents Ethel and Truman (with me in the middle), my mom, my uncle Roelof with my brother, and…
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Family Photos
Received a large collection of old photos, rescued from when my grandmother passed away. Most of these are relatively ancient family photos, some of which I was involved in, and some of which I was not. But all bring back a lot of memories. Will be posting most of them over the following weeks and…
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A touch less travel
Skipping the travel this week, and staying home, thanks to the red tape involved in travel arrangements through work. Admittedly this works well, it gives me a chance to get to my older son’s Boy Scouts Court of Honor this week, and we have preparations to wrap up for the Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby this…
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Funding is now non-funded
Back when I started this site, and mainly when I started editing and posting videos (and then podcasts), I had never really expected this hobby to turn a profit or really make much money at all. And over the years, my total earnings have come up to approximately $1 – not even enough for a…