People swear by Discord. It's better than everything, or so they seem to think. Maybe I'm just getting old, but I really don't like Discord. I respect the audio quality and I think if it were a bit more simplified, it would be really good. Where it breaks down is how frightfully unintuitive it is. First, you have to create your own server. Fine.…
There once was a feller out east a ways, went by the name of The Great Daryl Nathan. He was the man for his time and place. Most people saw him on the public access and were inspired by his raw talent. He passed away recently and I found the below recording among my files. I hope you enjoy the magic that was The…
The new Google video conferencing app is here. It's called "Meet" and it is better than Hangouts. The interface is smooth and clean. It integrates with Gmail and Google Calendar seamlessly. The audio quality was good, but the video quality was fairly low. I went into the settings and found that it defaulted to 360p resolution and maxed out at 720p. That seems ridiculously…
I lost my best dog on Saturday. She was thirteen years old. They said she had a big tumor and a spot on her lung. They said that nothing could be done. I miss her. She was a good dog. https://youtu.be/pbXAMFK_Rmg I found this poem called Spoils of the Dead by Robert Frost. I particularly like the last stanza: But I recognised death With…
He's back and marked for death. Due to the events of the second chapter, Johnny got himself into serious trouble. When he killed a prominent bigwig on neutral ground, he broke the rules and now he has to pay WITH HIS LIFE. The movie opens with John Wick frantically trying to prepare for his imminent excommunicado status. I guess that means he's out of…
He thought it would be easy to come out of retirement for a brief period to exact his revenge. Boy, was he wrong. In order for John Wick to retire in the first place, he had to swear a blood oath. Seems that the blood oath requires John Wick to do one last job for Santino D'Antonio, a mobster who wants his sister dead…
They stole his car and killed his dog. This means war. Keanu Reeves stars as the title character, John Wick, a retired hitman-for-hire who just wants to live his life in peace after losing his wife to a terminal illness. After some Russian thugs break into his house and beat him up, we wakes up to find his fancy Mustang stolen and his little…
Ralph (Jurgen Prochnow) is just an innocent engineer who wants to better the world with his car that runs on energy cells instead of gasoline. Car companies want his technology and oil companies want him dead in this German film from the mid-80s. For being an action thriller, it sure takes a long time to get going. The pumping 80s soundtrack was great when…
Sometimes, you have to keep the music going, even when the ship is sinking. At least, that is what I tell myself these days. People have different coping mechanisms and one of mine is to enjoy music. I've personally curated a "Music for Pandemics" playlist. You can listen, if you desire here: YouTube MusicSpotifyGoogle Play Music We're all in this together.
https://youtu.be/Qq75r8UrQEA Lil Trouble
