The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: technology

  • Thinkin’ about Trucks

    I always feel like I’m about to get ‘er done when I’m in a truck.

  • Spare Me Posthumanity

    I really don’t want to live forever.

  • Plants Are to Humans as Humans Are To…

    …what, exactly?

  • Traveling with Tab

    We no longer know how to rough it.

  • Gratitude Alarm

    I don’t have a smart phone. In fact, my phone is just about as stupid as they come in this modern world. But hey, it only costs me about 5 bucks a month, so as far as I’m concerned, that makes me pretty darned smart. Living in this state of self-imposed technological deprivation, I know…

  • Words I Didn’t Know 20 Years Ago

    I’m sick of focusing on all things political and dwelling upon the handbasket in which the world seems to be going to hell. Aren’t you? But it’s hard to keep the subject of change out of the front rooms of my cluttered mind, so I decided to think about the many things that either didn’t…

  • Thirsty for Knowledge?

    My God, why isn’t everybody doing this? There are lectures out there by experts, on every subject in the known universe, and they’re FREE. They’re called TED talks, which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. And I’ve yet to come across one that wasn’t a pleasure to watch. Who needs higher education? You can learn…

  • Smoke Signals

    The thing I hate most about my living situation is that I can’t get a freakin’ cell phone signal inside my house. If I need to make a long distance call (my land line doesn’t have long distance), I have to walk out to the street. This is not fun during a downpour or an…