Paul, Author at Computer Looking Up

My First Mars of the 2022 Season

November 26, 2022 Paul 880 Views 0 Comments

The Mars opposition is days away, and though I have been watching the planet night and morning, this was may first take at it in over two years.

November 25, 2022 Paul 995 Views 0 Comments

What is Google’s importance to website traffic? Based on my #blog experience, it is the only importance. Google drives most of my traffic.

November 20, 2022 Paul 794 Views 0 Comments

This article explains how I created the Digital Ocean droplet that hosts my Ghost blog, part of the series on how I set up my personal blog.

November 14, 2022 Paul 1789 Views 0 Comments

I wanted to set up security cameras to watch my driveway. In this article I explain my approach, which involves leveraging the existing lights.

November 8, 2022 Paul 845 Views 0 Comments

I photographed the eclipse this morning 4 a.m. I used my iPhone 14 Pro with “Night mode” for the final image, through 127mm Mak-Cass telescope.

November 5, 2022 Paul 934 Views 0 Comments

I really like Windows 11. But the Widgets “interests” feature annoys me. I tried several ways to turn it off. Is there a way?

October 31, 2022 Paul 786 Views 0 Comments

It took weeks trying for the right chance, but I finally was able to decently photograph Jupiter and its Great Red Spot this year.

October 22, 2022 Paul 804 Views 0 Comments

After Jupiter opposition this year, I started using my MacBook as a camera screen extension. In this article, I show results from over a week.

October 8, 2022 Paul 1180 Views 0 Comments

I decided to end my home Linux experiment. Here I explain my original drivers and my final decision to shelve Linux indefinitely.

October 2, 2022 Paul 1735 Views 0 Comments

Tonight was my first opportunity to try photographing the Moon with my new iPhone. All in all, it went well, I think, for this inaugural attempt.