I saw this “portable” television yesterday in an antique store.
it really is portable, but that’s back when the definition of portable meant “could probably be lifted by one strong person.”
Them things were heavy. Lots of vacuum tubes and a tremendous transformer.
Airline Portable Television. I’ve never heard of that brand before. It’s rather attractively designed.
Since the pandemic started months ago, webcams have been sold out most places or priced up by multiples because so many people needed them for the Zoom conferences and other things.
I didn’t have a camera for my big old desktop computer where I have a comfortable desk and chair for long meetings. For months I have used a Wyze Wi-Fi surveillance camera adapted for USB streaming by swapping out the firmware. It was nice of the manufacturer’s developers to provide that solution, but the camera not being designed for conferencing left medium results.
I was able to finally get a better webcam this weekend, a camera designed for the purpose. Nicer.
Wyze: the white cube, worked OK for streaming. Better than not having a camera. More suited for surveillance by Wi-Fi.
Angetube 920: the black one. Inexpensive, designed for conferencing, more than adequate. “The webcam works with Windows/Mac OS/Android/Linux/Chrome OS and Ubuntu.”
So there!
2:26 a.m. in the Nature Preserve. 🌝
de la Rosa Mazapán.
If you hang out in Guadalajara, you’re going to be eating a few of these. I don’t view them as great, but it’s decent candy. It’s very rare to open the package without breaking the candy into fine little pieces.
I was in a store today in Goldsboro that had these large boxes. 30 pieces inside. Heavy box.
Finally, a yard sign I could love. I’ll be looking for one of these
Text: Everybody sucks. We’re screwed 2020
Posted in rage against the machine, rambling
Dayyum! Fuenteovejuna went leet (1337).
It’s my oldest blog. Lot of embarrassing stuff on there.
Years ago, I used to like watching Jerry Falwell preach at Thomas Road Baptist Church when I was in the mood to get revved up and pissed off. It was cathartic to yell my little obscenities at the TV.
These days I don’t need to see anything extra when I need a rev up. Just logging onto social media is usually enough.
Posted in rage against the machine, rambling
There’s a book out with this title, and I think it would be an interesting one.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (James W. Loewen).
My sixth grade teacher was very direct about these things. She said in so many words, “School textbooks are the way they are for many reasons. It’s up to you to find the truth.”
She was a good woman, that teacher. We even did exercises on spotting crap. She was heretical in many ways. I still think of her often.
Posted in rage against the machine, rambling
by Phil Rockstroh Writer, Dandelion Salad August 25, 2020 “Not voting for Biden reveals your privilege.” Only privileged people seem to believe the US possesses a viable democracy. The non-privileged live with the boot of the extant dictatorship of money/police state on their throats (of which, Biden has spent his life as an ardent operative). […]
The Banality of Evil of The Evil of Two Lessers + The Democratic Party’s Raison D’être Is To Co-Opt, Absorb, Marginalize, and Neutralize The Left, by Phil Rockstroh
Posted in rambling
USA doing something called “snapback” sanctions on Iran. I guess using a cutesy word like “snapback” makes it more tolerable. Maybe we can move on to others, like “snapping turtle sanctions,” “snap at it sanctions,” or “two snaps up sanctions.”
Posted in rage against the machine
 | Lee on dinner for two |
 | Lawrence B on the empties |
 | Comrade Vegan on hash, coffee, and tobacco |
 | Kenneth on 1980 |
 | Ballot Ready on goofing around in guadalajara… |
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