It puts the lotion on its skin, err, calendar
At the left is a screenshot of Jorte Calendar’s settings menu. Click the thumbnail to enlarge it. First, let me say that I love Jorte Calendar. It’s one of the first things I’m sure to install when I get a new Android device. It’s currently on my HTC Amaze 4G, ASUS Transformer and was on [...]
Local discounts every day!
I’ve become a full-fledged Groupon junkie. If there’s a 12-step program, please DON’T tell me about it. Their writing is right up there with the laughter-inducing prose at ThinkGeek. One of the other things I like is how so many of the deals are for small, locally-owned businesses. It’s a great way for them to [...]
WWII in HD and pictures of the American homefront
Howie and I recently watched the excellent documentary series WWII in HD on the History Channel. Aside from a few war movies, novels, and what little we covered in high school, I was quite ignorant of many battles and events of the war. The majority of the footage the filmmakers used was original full color [...]
Tell them I’m a mermaid
I stumbled upon Filmstripman’s great collection of vintage 1970′s and 1980′s 16mm educational films tonight. Wow, what a resource! This particular film, Tell them I’m a Mermaid, is particularly interesting. In it, seven women – all physically disabled in one way or another – share their stories via song and spoken word. Originally begun as [...]
Jeff Bridges, bridging the gap between actor and photographer
I didn’t know Jeff Bridges is a shutterbug. What’s more, he’s good! I learned about this from Phil Coomes’ BBC The Viewfinder blog. Bridges shoots with a Widelux camera, interesting in itself; the camera does extreme wide-angle, panoramic shots. I wonder if that’s the kind of camera the photographer used who did the group picture [...]
Great description of a puppy
This is an excerpt from the delightful Maeve Binchy novel, Tara Road. She had come to introduce the new element in her life, a puppy of indeterminate breed. Even the children, who loved animals, were puzzled by it. It seemed to have too many legs, yet there were only four; its head looked as if [...]
