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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Hello, all you tennis commentators out there:

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A lot of ex-tennis stars and commentators are covering the matches at the 2019 Australian Open right now. A great batch of them, on at leas...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Look out, Look out...

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Today, Senator Lindsey Graham threatened the Democrats, re their attack on Kavanaugh: "If this is the new norm, you better watch out f...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Box in a Box packing: Many a pitfall...

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We just received a box from Amazon. Inside the box was a smaller box, protected by a little rapping. I opened the outside box with care, be...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

My first "Impossible Burger"

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I ate my first "impossible burger" (I'll call it the IB) today, at Shelly's Cafe in Teaneck, NJ, USA. The IB is a veggie ...
Saturday, September 01, 2018

Mind Cards, a fun iPhone game:

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I am enjoying the very straightforward game of: Mind Cards. It is free in the IOS app store. My FAQ/advice page to help you play it is here...
Thursday, August 09, 2018

It's Hard to change New Habits...

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It was time to recharge my iPad. Whenever I attach the charging cord to the device, the screen turns on. Consequently—duh—I should not turn...
Sunday, July 08, 2018

Djokovic, Edmund, 2018: Double bounce: Lots more to say…

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I watched short clips of the incredible moment at Wimbledon 2018, where the umpire gave a point to Kyle Edmund after he hit a ball on t...
Wednesday, July 04, 2018

Learn a lot about architecture while howling with laughter

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Kate Wagner has created a website about the atrociousness of McMansions, called McMansionHell . Hers is a rather deep website. While you re...
Monday, July 02, 2018

But it feels like...

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I checked the temperature at my favorite weather web page today, and it told me the temp was 99 (Fahrenheit), but it felt like 97 . I wonde...
Sunday, June 10, 2018

Shelby Lyman's chess column has been pretty accurate lately, but...

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Here is one needing correction. I read this column in the Times of Trenton of June 10, 2018. The problem is: Lyman gives 1... Re6, but ...
Thursday, June 07, 2018

Security advice for Apple:

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I don't want to opine on Facebook anymore, so, once again: I'll blog here. On my iPhone and my iPad, from time to time, Apple req...
Sunday, June 05, 2016

Great physical Therapy

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I just completed a series of Physical Therapy sessions at Activcore in Princeton, NJ. I brought a knee problem to my therapist, Jason Gonca...
Thursday, January 07, 2016

"Way of Life" is a terrific app for managing my daily responsibilities

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I use Way of Life to track matters as mundane as brushing my teeth, shaving and taking my vitamins. I use it to make sure I've taken ou...
Wednesday, October 07, 2015

DailyArt PRO - An app with a daily view of fine art and more:

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I'm writing today to recommend an app called DailyArt PRO . (There's also a free version called DailyArt Free ).  Each day, the cur...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

USAF Drone Pilots Probably need a Union:

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Slashdot points to a NYTimes article about how the airforce people who pilot drones in our theaters of war are burning out. They are probab...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Google: Please help me to remember why I set up "alerts":

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I have a suggestion for Google. I like to use Google Alerts. I will read a news story and wonder how it's going to be followed up, so ...
Tuesday, May 05, 2015

A good kosher restaurant in Manalapn, NJ

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I recommend Capri Kosher Italian Cuisine Restaurant, address 335 Route US 9 S, Manalapan, NJ (Summerton Plaza).  We are eating out more th...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

MiniLegend: What the Hell?

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I'm trying to play an IOS RPG/Card game that is so new, it seems to have no reviews yet (as of Oct 14, 2104). Well, here's a short ...
Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Don't Tailgate!

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Here's wonderful technology: Don't you wish you could call a nearby driver's cellphone by dialing their license plate number? (...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Re: the influence of Frederic Bazille on Norman Rockwell

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If art interests you, you are going to hear about this new computer program that can discover influences among artists. The program has dis...
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Monday, June 02, 2014

EA To Pay College Athletes Up To $951 Each ...

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EA will pay college athletes up to $951 for using their likenesses - without permission - in computer games.  Their lawyer seems happy wit...
Sunday, June 01, 2014

Tyrwhitt's lovely shirts: no nasty pins!

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I'm not a squeamish person, but I fear shirt pins. Every time I buy a shirt, I know that I will get pinstuck if i fail to hunt and hunt...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Talisman, the fine board game, has arrived on the iPad!

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I was lucky to receive a copy of the IOS Talisman game that I can review. There is already an informative and positive review at BoardG...

A simple way to fund the U.S. Post Office:

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This afternoon I collected all the junk mail (and even a piece of real mail) that the postman had left for us, and realization struck: Su...
Monday, May 05, 2014

"Three, please!" (I'm afraid you had to be there.)

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I blogged recently about my feeling that an elevator that moves between only two floors needs one less button . I entered the same elevator...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

There ought to be a word: Literally!

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Now that the word "Literally has come to mean "figuratively", it would be nice to add a word to the English language that li...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

Word Clues (Word Clues 2):

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I've been playing Zynga's Words With Friends (a juiced-up version of Scrabble). There's a site called WWFSTATS.COM that ranks ...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

A lesson in Proofreading:

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I am currently proofing a page-proof of my second novel. This is not nearly the last page proof. My current efforts to proofread include s...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

TSA Wants Armed Police Stationed At Airport Checkpoints?

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The TSA wants armed guards at their checkpoints. There will be a considerable expense: to hire, background, train, and manage all these gu...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

The IOS SSL Flaw: Hard to Spot? Bad Programming?

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Bruce Schneier asks today whether the recently discovered IOS SSL programming flaw might have been intentionally inserted to cause a secu...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Cuisinart Compact Juice Extractor: The Pros Are the Cons!

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Please read my previous blog entry first. It is also about my Cuisinart Compact Juice Extractor. Thanks. The juices I have made in ...
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