Viewing Venue: Home theater, purchase from Apple Rating: 4 (out of 5) Review Notes: What worked: Beautifully filmed movie. The style of the film, acting, sound design, and editing were all very good. What didn’t work: This movie requires a familiarization with the 14th century poem in order to make sense of the story. Even…
Firestick Adds New Life To Old Projector
I purchased an Amazon Firestick Lite today and connected it to my old projector that had been sitting in a box for the past few years. The projector only has VGA, S-video, and composite video input, but using a $15 VGA-to-HDMI dongle I already had and a $5 HDMI female coupler adapter I purchased from Walmart, I was able to connect…
Geek Cred
I was asked today how I got so good with technology. The answer is pretty simple. A lot of trial and error. But the key element is when an error occurs, I have always been genuinely curious enough to learn how to fix the issue I sometimes created. This often required research or more trial…
LESSON 8: Balancing Act
Studies show that approximately 40% of American families would not have the cash available to cover an unexpected $400 expense. Yet, ask a large group of people whether they can balance their checking and/or credit card statements to ensure the expected transactions match the financial institution’s processed transactions and you are likely to receive a…
“Love Your Enemies” Highlights
I found this book very thought-provoking and on target regarding the issues we are experiencing within our culture. As he states in the book, the title is misleading because we are not enemies. We are Americans with a common goal – a country that delivers on the promise of liberty and the ability to…
My Toodledo, Google Calendar, Pocket Informant and Evernote Workflow
In his book “Getting Things Done”(commonly referred to as GTD), David Allen states a key tenet of being productive and ensuring the thoughts you have are properly captured and recalled at the appropriate timing is to have a trusted system. During my career years, I came to rely on the usefulness of Microsoft Outlook and…
The Psychology of Money Highlights
Highly recommend this book! Here are some of the highlights I made while reading it. Check it out from your library. Glance through a PDF version here. Buy it from Amazon to support the author!
I Said This, You Heard That – Communication Tool
Despite our advanced linguistic capabilities, effective communication remains a major challenge in relationships (home, work, church). The message we send via our vocal cords, body language, and written mediums is often hijacked by filters within the brain of the receiver and the meaning is replaced with something different than what the sender intended. These miscommunications…
The Ship of Theseus
This has not been a good month for our 17 year old son’s vehicle. We purchased a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer a couple years ago and it has been a good first car for him. He’s experienced a couple of minor mishaps in it, but it has proven to be safe and reli…., well not so…
Lesson 007: You Need A System
Choice is good, right? Like most questions in life, the answer is “it depends”. Having choice is usually seen as a positive thing. It allows us to exercise free will. We like to associate it with FREEDOM! But having too many options to choose from can be counterproductive and can prevent you from making forward…